Nail

1924.02.0288

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Nail (1924.02.0288)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Materials T&E : Woodworking T&E : N/A
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Europe, West : France : Yvelines : Houdan ; Butte des Gargans
Period	Merovingian, Early Medieval
Date	4th - 8th century
Culture	Gallo-Roman

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	12.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	9.2 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	2.6 cm
Weight	157 g
Measuring Remarks	Under Review
Materials	Metal--Iron
Manufacturing Processes	Forging

Research Remarks

Description	Under Review
Published Description	N/A
Bibliography	Effros, Bonnie. “Modern Assessments of Merovingian Burial.” Merovingian Mortuary Archaeology and the Making of the Early Middle Ages, 1st ed., 71–118. University of California Press, 2003. Halsall, Guy. “Burial, Ritual, and Merovingian Society.” Cemeteries and Society in Merovingian Gaul: Selected Studies in History and Archaeology, 1992-2009, Vol. 18, 203-214. Brill’s Series on the Early Middle Ages. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Publishers, 2009. Halsall, Guy. "Testing the model, cemeteries outside the civitas of Metz." Settlement and Social Organization: The Merovingian Region of Metz, 110-163. Cambridge University Press, 1995. Oehlschlaeger-Garvey, Barbara. “Reconstructing the Merovingian Cemetery of Butte Des Gargans, Houdan, France: The Documents of Auguste Moutie and Paul Guegan Considered with the Collections of the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures and the Musde d’Art et D’Histoire de Dreux.” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication	Baudon Collection
Reproduction	no

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