Published Research Request: History of Rivets

[pauljohnson84]

Hello everyone,

I initially contacted Jasper regarding this request and he urged me to post on the forum as their are some armour experts to frequent this website. I'm currently researching self-pierce riveting technology and as part of this I need to give a history of rivets/riveting in general. If anyone has information regarding the origin or history of rivets please contact me or drop me a web link to anything you may find useful.

This work will be published with an ISBN, and any information i use will be referenced. So if you provide me with useful information, your name will be included in this publication.

Many thanks.

[martijn.wijnhoven]

Have you tried google scholar already searching for terms such as “nails, rivets, iron, copper, archaeology, originâ€

[pauljohnson84]

Hi martijn.wijnhoven and thanks for the response.

I'm interested in any citation of the word "rivet". The earliest citation I have at the moment is approx 2000 BC (EBA) and relates to daggars were the hilt was riveted to the base of the blade using two/three rivets. As you say their were wooden rivets but they decay. A dated citation to a wooden rivet would be extremely useful for me, but realistically I'm happy with any metallic rivet citations.

The history of rivets will form a large part of the introduction into my research of self-pierce rivieting technology.

[Tarbicus]

GoogleBooks: Craft Specialization and Social Evolution: In Memory of V. Gordon Childe
By Vere Gordon Childe, Bernard Wailes

... of Late Copper Age eastern Europe ... All Usatovo daggers were riveted; in one case, bone rivets, and in another, a wooden rivet were preserved.