European Bronze Age Sheet Metal Objects: 3,000 Years of High-Level Bronze Manufacture

Abstract

The cap of the bell helmet from Skocjan (1) (bell helmets are a subtype of cap helmets) was sampled close to the knob. In this way, the change in the cap's microstructure during the casting-on of the knob could be documented. Microstructural features such as the shape factor of inclusions (see Table II) of the cap indicate a total amount of biaxial deformation of 45% on the top of the cap.