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Dawn of the metal age : technology and society during the Levantine Chalcolithic /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Golden, Jonathan Michael
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2010.
Series:Approaches to anthropological archaeology.
Subjects:
Copper age > Middle East.
Copper mines and mining, Prehistoric > Middle East.
Copper implements > Middle East.
Metal-work, Prehistoric > Middle East.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Middle East.
Middle East > Antiquities.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • The dawn of the metal age
  • Leaving the neolithic
  • The northern Negev copper boom
  • Elite tombs of the Chalcolithic
  • Cornets and copper - a metallurgical perspective on Chalcolithic chronology
  • A model for specialized craft production
  • Copper production at Abu Matar
  • The seduction of the industry
  • Technology and society
  • Production and social organization during the Chalcolithic
  • Conclusion.