Dawn of the Metal Age
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A01=Jonathan M. Golden
archaeometallurgy
Author_Jonathan M. Golden
Bab Edh Dhra
beer
Beer Sheva
Beer Sheva Sites
Bir Es Safadi
Cal BC
castings
Category=NK
Cave Tombs
Ceramic Assemblage
Chalcolithic Culture
Chalcolithic Sites
Chalcolithic social complexity
Chalcolithic Society
complex
Complex Metal Castings
Complex Metals
copper smelting
craft specialisation
Early Chalcolithic
Ein Gedi
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
hoard
Holemouth Jars
Horvat Beter
household production
Large Quartz Grain
levant
Levant prehistory
mishmar
mortuary archaeology
nahal
Nahal Mishmar
Nahal Mishmar Hoard
Nahal Qanah
Northern Negev
Ore Assemblage
sheva
sites
southern
Southern Levant
Teleilat Ghassul
Wadi Rabah
Product details
- ISBN 9781904768999
- Weight: 612g
- Dimensions: 189 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The fifth millennium BCE was a period of rapid social change. One of the key factors was the developments in technology which led to the rise of the metals industry. Archaeological finds from sites dating to the Chalcolithic period indicate the production and use of copper. 'Dawn of the Metal Age' examines a range of sites - from copper mines in Jordan and Israel to the villages of the northern Negev where copper was produced in household workshops, to a series of cave burials where a range of luxury metal goods were buried with the elite members of Chalcolithic society. Ancient technology is reconstructed from the archaeological evidence, which also illuminates the changing economic, social, religious and political environment of the time.
Authored by Golden, Jonathan M.
