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MAGAN - THE LAND OF COPPER : prehistoric metallurgy of oman;prehistoric metallurgy of oman.
The development of a prehistoric civilization in the Sultanate of Oman was strongly connected with the exploitation and the use of copper. The Oman Peninsula has several rich copper ore deposits that have been exploited since prehistoric times. The earliest evidence of metallurgical activities in Om...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified]
ARCHAEOPRESS ARCHAEOLOGY,
2019.
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| Colección: | The archaeological heritage of Oman ;
vol. 2 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of illustrations and tables Acknowledgments Foreword 1
- A country of environmental diversities 2
- A geological and mineralogical overview 3
- Basic elements of metallurgy 4
- Copper for Sumer 5
- The earliest appearance of metalworking 6
- Early Bronze Age: the Hafit period, ca. 3200-2800 BC 7
- Early Bronze Age: the Umm an-Nar period, ca. 2800-2000 BC 8
- The prehistoric copper mines 9
- Copper smelting in prehistoric Oman 10
- Middle and Late Bronze Age: the Wadi Suq period. ca. 2000-1300 BC 11
- Early Iron Age, ca. 1300-300 BC 12
- Chemical-Physical Analyses by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF)
- by Claudio Giardino and Giovanni Paternoster Bibliographical references Index.