Unit of Earth Sciences
Department of Geosciences | University of Fribourg
RAPHAËLLE SOULIGNAC
Phone: +41 26 300 89 45 | Fax: +41 26 300 97 42
E-mail: raphaelle.soulignac(at)unifr.ch
Office: 3.035
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Research: Archeometallurgy
Fonction: Phd
Publication: Download for selected publications of Raphelle Soulignac:
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Personal Info:
My PhD focuses in the field of ancient metallurgy called Archeometallurgy. During millenium, smiths have shaped pieces of metal
into functional objects (for farming, war, domestic life). This activity
produce wastes into the hearth, called SLAGS. They are found now during
excavations of metallurgical sites everywhere in Europe, Asia, Africa.
Nowadays in Mali, smiths are still forging in a traditional way.
During my fieldwork campains in the Dogon Country, I ask them to forge pieces of iron in very different ways (different types of iron, of weight, 1 bar/2 bars etc) and consequently to produce a large range of slags very different.
My aim is to understand how slags are formed and what
are the technical actions or parameters (durations, types of iron etc)
that influence composition/morphology/mineralogy of these slags.
