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Bound the halves with copper wire! I always end up with more questions than answers on these things, how was the wire made? I suppose if I'd thought about it, c
by OJFord 7mo ago
Bound the halves with copper wire! I always end up with more questions than answers on these things, how was the wire made? I suppose if I'd thought about it, clearly they could do wire for jewellery.
Never ceases to impress me how long ago we were capable of such ornate manufacturing really—most of the time I think progress has been wildly more rapid over the last century or so, and it has in some ways, but in others we're still just doing things we've been doing for millennia.
- card_zero 7mo agoI was thinking about how they did the hollow part. The mold needs a carefully centered stopper where the shaft goes. Some sort of jig of wires to keep it in place.
- rnewme 7mo agoThere's index hole on the bottom, you can see it running across. See more Stone Moulds from Terramare (Northern Italy): Analytical Approach and Experimental Reproduction Persistent Identifier https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10145 https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10145 Fig 11. Ophiolite multiple mould for razor and spear-head.
- sandworm101 7mo agoIt wouldnt have looked or felt like wire. It wouldnt be very round. Hammer a thin plate then slice a spiral with an obsidian knife. You wont by making knots with it, just wrapping it around molds. But i would think that wet cord or sinew would have worked just as well. Or they could put the mold in the ground, letting packed dirt keep the two halfs together.