temperatures in reconstructed viking era bead furnaces
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Glass and Fire
Temperatures in
Reconstructed Viking Era
Bead furnaces
Neil Peterson
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Agenda
• Bead Production Background
• Furnace Reconstructions
• Temperature Measurements
• Conclusions & Future Directions
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Bead Production Background
• 8 Viking Era bead production locations
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Bead Production Background
• 8 Viking Era bead production locations
• Types of remains
– Mandrels, pan
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Bead Production Background
• 8 Viking Era bead production locations
• Types of remains
– Mandrels, pan
– Broken beads
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Bead Production Background
• 8 Viking Era bead production locations
• Types of remains
– Mandrels, pan
– Broken beads
– Raw material
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Bead Production Background
• 8 Viking Era bead production locations
• Types of remains
– Mandrels, pan
– Broken beads
– Raw material
– Semi-manufactures
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Bead Production Background
• 8 Viking Era bead production locations
• Types of remains
– Mandrels, pan
– Broken beads
– Raw material
– Semi-manufactures
• Bellows
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Agenda
• Bead Production Background
• Furnace Reconstructions
• Temperature Measurements
• Conclusions & Future Directions
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Furnace Reconstructions • Furnace remains
– Ribe only
– 7 probable bead hearths
– Clay/Cobb construction
– No attached walls
• Possible pieces of wall
– No void in heat scars
– No foot holes
– Hearths are unbroken
Photo: Ribe Excavations 4, Bencard et al 1990
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Furnace Reconstructions
• Two main styles
– Oval 30x60cm
– Circular 30cm
• Upper parts based on:
– Sode (ethnoarchaeology) – large scale
– Local blacksmith - Small scale heat patterns
– Ribe bead maker designs
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Furnace Reconstructions - Ribe
• Trine at Ribe
• Furnace elevated
• Workers seated
Photo: Trine Theut, Pers Corresp.
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Furnace Reconstructions - Sode
• India, Turkey
• High working ports
• Thick base
• 16-20 workers
• Furnace lasts 1 year
Photo: Fig 5.4 Viking Age Glass Beads
From Ribe, Denmark, In The Light Of
Ethnographic Research Sode, in
Ornaments of the past, Beads Studies
after Beck, 2003
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Furnace Reconstructions
“Sarah” furnace
• Oval 30x60cm
• Single chimney
• Two doors
• Back annealer
• Note the temp!
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Furnace Reconstructions
“Goderich” furnace
• Oval 30x60cm
• Two Chimneys
• Two doors
• Center top annealer
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Furnace Reconstructions “Neil” furnace
• Circular 30cm
• One Chimney
• One Door
• Side annealer
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Agenda
• Bead Production Background
• Furnace Reconstructions
• Temperature Measurements
• Conclusions & Future Directions
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Temperature Measurements
• One J/K thermocouple in chimney
• Video recording of full heat cycle
• Temps graphed every 5 seconds
• Working temp for glass 600°C+
• Higher temp to start (800°C)
• Air from blowers
• Two furnaces recorded
• Max Temp: 1200°C
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First Temperatures - Sarah • Air 0.04 Lpm
• 11:30 at working temperature
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First Temperatures - Neil • Air 0.01 Lpm (small furnace)
• 10:20 at working temperature
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Second Temperatures - Goderich
• Bellows for air – 0.02 Lpm
• 18:10 at working temperature
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Third Temperatures • Follow-up based on preliminary results
• 2 J/K Thermocouples
– Chimney & door
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Third Temperatures - Sarah • Air 0.04 Lpm
• 5:50 at working temperature
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Third Temperatures - Neil
• Air 0.01 Lpm
• 5:30 near working temperature
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Third Temperatures - Goderich
• Air 0.04 Lpm
• 8:10 at working temperature
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Agenda
• Bead Production Background
• Furnace Reconstructions
• Temperature Measurements
• Conclusions & Future Directions
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Conclusions
• Possible to create required temps
• External temps affect working time
• Issues around ash/airflow
– Historic examples
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Future Directions
• Need focused recording
• One day, many readings
– Limit external temperature changes
– Multiple readings for each furnace
– Gate to fine tune airflow rate
• Inline airflow readings
• Datalogger would make life easier
• Matching heat pattern and construction