Abstract Models for the development of metallurgy in Southwest Asia have for a long time
been focussed on research carried out in the lowland regions of the Levant and …

During the past few decades, evidence for the ancient smelting of copper has been
discovered in areas isolated from one another. In most of them, the beginning of metallurgy …

The beginning of metallurgy in the ancient Near East attracts much attention. The southern
Levant, with the rich assemblage of copper artifacts from the Nahal Mishmar cave and the …

One of the most interesting aspects of the Late Chalcolithic period in the southern Levant (c.
4500–3900 cal BC), a period marking notable societal transformations and developments in …

The archaeometallurgical and archaeological research carried out in Anatolia has provided
numerous examples of diverse alloying practices representing different levels of societal …

В книге рассмотрены общества андского пояса Южной Америки и юго-востока
Центральной Америки от появления первых свидетельств надобщинной политической …

The shift from stone to metal has been considered one of the main technological
transformations in the history of humankind. In order to observe the dynamics underlying the …

Several decades after the discovery of the spectacular Nahal Mishmar Hoard (a collection of
cast metal goods, some quite ornate, found in a cave high in the cliffs of the Judean Desert) …

Excavations at Horbat ‘Illit B: A Chalcolithic (Ghassulian) Site in the Haelah Valley Page 1 73
Ianir Milevski1, Jacob Vardi2, Isaac Gilead3, Anna Eirikh-Rose4, Michal Birkenfeld5, Henk K …

Cornets are cone-shaped ceramic vessels, characteristic of the Chalcolithic period (ca. 4700–
3700 BC) in Israel and Jordan. Their contents and use are unknown. Gas chromatography …