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Dawn of the metal age : technology and society during the Levantine Chalcolithic / Jonathan M. Golden.
Penn Museum Library GN778.32.M628 G65 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Golden, Jonathan Michael.
- Series:
- Approaches to anthropological archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Copper age--Middle East.
- Copper age.
- Copper mines and mining, Prehistoric--Middle East.
- Copper mines and mining, Prehistoric.
- Copper implements--Middle East.
- Copper implements.
- Metal-work, Prehistoric--Middle East.
- Metal-work, Prehistoric.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Middle East.
- Middle East--Antiquities.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2010.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781904768999
- 1904768997
- OCLC:
- 163604102
- Publisher Number:
- 99938537314
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