Talgar in southeast Kazakhstan was one of the flourishing medieval towns in Central Asia that faced the Mongol invasion, which led to little textual or material evidence documented of subsequent human residence. A metal assemblage consisting of eight iron tools and a lighting device recently excavated from what is typically considered a medieval site at Talgar shed new light on Talgar’s post-medieval history. Metallographic and radiocarbon examination showed that these objects were manufactured during the mid-fifteenth to the early seventeenth century AD period under a technological environment based on the production of bloomery iron and the implementation of carburization and quenching techniques. This particular iron-working tradition could not be established without the full understanding of material properties as determined by carbon concentration and thermomechanical treatments. This article characterizes the technology and chronology of the given iron objects. The outcome is then placed in comparative perspective to probe plausible continuity in technological traditions between the pre- and post-Mongol communities of the region.

哈萨克斯坦东南部的塔尔加尔是中亚繁荣的中世纪城镇之一，面临蒙古人的入侵，导致后来人类居住的文字或物质证据很少。最近从通常被认为是塔尔加中世纪遗址出土的八件铁制工具和一个照明装置组成的金属组合为塔尔加的后中世纪历史提供了新的线索。金相和放射性碳检测表明，这些物品是在公元 15 世纪中叶至 17 世纪早期在以生产粗钢和渗碳淬火技术为基础的技术环境下制造的。如果不充分了解由碳浓度和热机械处理决定的材料特性，就无法建立这种特殊的炼铁传统。这篇文章描述了给定铁器物的技术和年代。然后将结果置于比较视角，以探讨该地区前蒙古人和后蒙古人社区之间技术传统的合理连续性。