Ornaments on the items with barbarian champleve enamels from the collection of the State Historical Museum: experience of trace-wear analysis

This paper is intended to call attention of the scholars to a possibility of identifying groups of items made in one jewelry workshop based on trace-wear analysis. When used in the production process, some types of tools (chisels, puncheons, etc.) leave identical traces. Comparative analysis of such ornament offers an opportunity to single out artifacts with identical imprints, which means that these artifacts were made in one shop, possibly, by one artisan. This method was used to group items from the Bryansk hoard, the Moshchiny hoard and the Troitsa hoard decorated with one tool. The analysis of the traces revealed that each of the examined hoards included items (bracelets, lamellar diadems, brooches and pendants) ornamented in one jewelry shop. Items with identical traces left by chisels or puncheons that would come from different treasures were not recorded.