%0 Journal Article %T Agriculture and ironwork in the Middle Ages: new evidence of bone anvils in Spain %A Grau-Solgestoa %A I. %J Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia %D 2012 %I Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi %X This paper analyzes and discusses the production and utilization of bone anvils across Europe in light of new evidence found in the Bas-que Country and Madrid, emphasizing the important social and economical function of these tools. A general overview of the stage of the research about these tools and about serrated sickles that were manufactured using them will be given. As an appendix, a catalogue of the evidence that has been published until now is offered. %K Bone anvils %K toothed sickles %K ironwork %K agriculture %K archaeology %U http://www.aranzadi-zientziak.org/fileadmin/docs/Munibe/2012305319AA.pdf