Iron oxide rock artefacts in Mesopotamia c. 2600-1200 BC : an interdisciplinary study of hematite, goethite and magnetite objects /

The flourishing civilisations of Mesopotamia imported all kinds of materials from the surrounding regions. Iron oxide rock was very popular for weight stones and cylinder seals around 2000 BC. This research aims to determine the region of origin for the raw material, what made people start using iro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Melein, Martine Marieke (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2018.
Colección:Archaeopress archaeology.
Temas:
To 1500
Excavations (Archaeology) > Iraq.
Hematite > Iraq > History > To 1500.
Goethite > Iraq > History > To 1500.
Magnetite > Iraq > History > To 1500.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Goethite.
Hematite.
Magnetite.
Iraq > Antiquities.
Irak > Antiquités.
Iraq.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. General introduction; 2. Formation, mineralogy and occurrence of iron oxide rocks; 3. The archaeological evidence
  • a qualitative approach; 4. The archaeological evidence
  • a quantitative approach; 5. Hematite
  • the evidence from the cuneiform sources; 6. Material Analyses; 7. Conclusions and synthesis; Summary; Appendix I: Overview of Syrian and Mesopotamian history, and cylinder seal styles ca. 3000-1200 BC; Appendix II: The Database; Appendix III: Reference numbers used in the database; Appendix IV: Concordance of artefacts from the De Liagre Böhl Collection; Appendix V: Medical-magical texts mentioning iron oxide rock; Appendix VI: Material analyses per artefact.

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