Early metallurgy of the Persian Gulf : technology, trade, and the Bronze Age World /

"This volume examines the earliest production and exchange of copper and its alloys in the Persian Gulf, a major metal supply route for the Bronze Age societies of Western Asia. Weeks addresses the geological and technological background to copper production in southeastern Arabia and contextua...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weeks, Lloyd R., 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2004.
Colección:American School of Prehistoric Research monograph series.
Temas:
Bronze age > Persian Gulf.
Metal-work, Prehistoric > Persian Gulf.
Mines and mineral resources, Prehistoric > Persian Gulf.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Persian Gulf.
Bronze > Persian Gulf > Metallurgy.
Tin bronze.
Métallurgie préhistorique > Persique, Golfe.
Mines préhistoriques > Persique, Golfe.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Persique, Golfe.
Bronze à l'étain.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Antiquities
Bronze age
Bronze > Metallurgy
Excavations (Archaeology)
Metal-work, Prehistoric
Mines and mineral resources, Prehistoric
Tin bronze
Persian Gulf > Antiquities.
Persian Gulf
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Geology and Early Exploitation of Copper Deposits in Southeastern Arabia
  • 3. Analyzed Artifacts: Contexts and Chronology
  • 4. Results of Compositional Analyses
  • 5. Discussion of Compositional Results
  • 6. Lead Isotope Analysis in Archaeology
  • 7. Lead Isotope Data from the Gulf / L.R. Weeks and K.D. Collerson
  • 8. Tin and Tin-Bronze in Early Western Asia
  • 9. Summary and Conclusions
  • App. Analytical Techniques and Data Treatment.

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