NOTES ON THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESSING OF MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN TIMES IMPACT WEAPONS
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2024
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Plovdiv University Press "Paisii Hilendarski"
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The here presented work off ers a methodology and a detailed protocol of action in the scientific processing of impact weapons. It is based on the principle of maximum extraction and registration of information about the considered artifact. Often, at the time of research, this registration may seem too (even unnecessarily) detailed. According to the author, however, this is only at first glance, since this detailed description is a “snapshot” of the current state of the artifact, which (especially in the case of objects made of iron) changes (sometimes too quickly) irreversibly. Along with this, science and its methods are in a constant state of development, which may at some point make use of the data from the “snapshot” in question. Along with the protocol on the processing of the artifacts, an attempt was also made to introduce terminological definitions regarding the individual parts of the weapons in question from the point of view of the Bulgarian language. The individual stages in the processing of artifacts – representatives of impact weapons, have been tracked and commented on. These stages are both common to all types of such weaponry, and specific to maces, kistens, and warhammers. The thoughts expressed regarding the methodological aspects of working with the group of weapons in question are based on the author‘s practical work with such specimens from the Middle Ages and Modern times.
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impact weapons, maces, kistens, warhammers, methodology and protocol of scientifi c processing