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Magan : the land of copper : prehistoric metallurgy of Oman / Claudio Giardino.
Penn Museum Library TN113.O43 G53 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Giardino, Claudio, 1952- author.
- Series:
- Archaeological heritage of Oman ; vol. 2.
- The archaeological heritage of Oman ; vol. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metal-work, Prehistoric.
- Metallurgy.
- History.
- Oman.
- Metallurgy--Oman--History.
- Metal-work, Prehistoric--Oman.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 179 pages ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Archaeopress Archaeology, [2019]
- Summary:
- The development of a prehistoric civilization in the Sultanate of Oman was strongly connected with the exploitation and the use of copper. The Oman Peninsula has several rich copper ore deposits that have been exploited since prehistoric times. The earliest evidence of metallurgical activities in Oman dates back to the end of the Neolithic period in the 4th millennium BC. Thanks to the availability of this precious raw material, Oman became one of the main copper sources for the entire Middle East during the Bronze Age. The cuneiform texts of Mesopotamia referred to Oman as the Land of Magan, a region where the precious copper was found in fabulous abundance. This volume describes the geography and environments of Oman, its rich copper ore deposits and the ancient mining and smelting techniques, and it also includes an overview of the physical properties of the different metals exploited in antiquity and of the analytical techniques used in archaeometallurgy. Moreover, the author presents for the first time a comprehensive and detailed typology of the metal objects discovered at sites in Oman dating to the millennia from the Neolithic up to the Early Iron Age, emphasizing the development of advanced alloying techniques in order to obtain artefacts with specific proprieties and appearance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781789691788
- 1789691788
- OCLC:
- 1099859194
- Publisher Number:
- 99981242582
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