Zabytkowe artefakty wykonane z meteorytów i tektytów

• Authors: Andrzej Kotowiecki

Title variants

EN

Historic artifacts made of meteorites and tektites

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article complements the previous publication included in the materials for the 2nd Meteorite Seminar in Olsztyn in 2003 and also in 2004 in Meteoritics & Planetary Science with artifacts about which I did not write then and new discoveries. In recent time, archaeologists have discovered more confirmed artifacts that were made of meteorites. Scientists were puzzled that iron objects were found among the artifacts of the Bronze Age. Initially, it was assumed that these were the beginnings of metallurgy, but after careful research, it turned out that they are cold-forged items and the metal is of cosmic origin. How many more interesting and unusual old artifacts made by human hands from materials obtained from outer space will be discovered. Can there be more such artifacts in museums in Poland? It seems to me that a comprehensive inventory and research action should be carried out to verify this. Finally, as a lawyer, I can add that artifacts made of meteorites are the only meteorites in the world protected by law in one hundred percent, because they are monuments of world material culture.

Keywords

EN

archeology; artifacts; iron meteorites; meteorites; monuments; tektites

Discipline

• MISCELLANEA: MISCELLANEA

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Meteorytowe
• Journal: Acta Societatis Metheoriticae Polonorum
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 12
• Pages: 73-80

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Andrzej Kotowiecki

• Wadowice

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• Document Type: article