36 Pile of slag
Iron smelting took place in several steps:
1. The racing furnace was built from clay and branches of willow over a cinder pit filled with wood.
2. The finished furnace was filled with iron ore and charcoal and then lit.
3. A chemical process produced pure iron and slag.
4. To get at the iron, the furnace had to be dismantled.
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Slags
Age: um 100 n. Chr. Roman Imperial Period
Roman Imperial Period: With the beginning of iron smelting around 700 BC, the new, harder iron took the place of bronze. The Iron Age is the third major period in human history after the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. In northern Europe it is divided into the Pre-Roman Iron Age, which covers the period from the end of the Bronze Age to the expansion of the Roman Empire at the turn of the century. And the Roman Imperial Period, in which the completely new way of life introduced by the Romans, can also be clearly seen in Free Germania. With the introduction of writing, European prehistory ends - early history begins.
Material: Iron
Location: Kr. Harburg