@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2023.1038, 

TITLE={Roman woodturning in the western part of the Civitas Treverorum: toolmarks, processing waste and structure of the craft}, 
  
AUTHOR={Maxime Duval, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Archaeology, Society and Environment}, 
	
VOLUME={3}, 

NUMBER={Issue 1}, 
	
YEAR={2023}, 

URL={http://openscience.fr/Roman-woodturning-in-the-western-part-of-the-Civitas-Treverorum-toolmarks}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2023.1038}, 
	
ISSN={2752-4507}, 
	
ABSTRACT={Recent excavations in the vicus of Arlon and the Gallo-Roman villa of Mageroy (Luxembourg Province, South-East Belgium) formerly part of the Civitas Treverorum, have shown a number of wooden artifacts from various wells and a pond. The identification of the material has shown, apart from the finished objects, a significant quantity of processing waste related to the woodturning technique. The study of the toolmarks on those waste leads to the identification of the tools used and gives a better understanding of the roman lathe-turning technique. Apart from the sites of Arlon and Mageroy, others finds of roman wood in the area can be re-examined in light of recent studies. The sites of Titelberg and Château Renaud have also shown traces of woodturning, both waste and finished objects. A regional synthesis of woodworking can be proposed, seemingly indicating a non-specialized craft on a local scale. Wood turning is quite common and frequent, and could be seen as an itinerant craft across the region. On the contrary the site “Neu” in Arlon shows signs of a workshop, among an artisanal district identified in the vicus. Apart from woodturning, products of other woodworking techniques are identified in the area and suggest importation of finished products rather than a local production.}}