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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Brill,
2004.
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| Series: | American School of Prehistoric Research monograph series.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
