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Dawn of the metal age : technology and society during the Levantine Chalcolithic / Jonathan M. Golden.

By: Golden, Jonathan Michael
Series: Approaches to anthropological archaeologyPublisher: London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2008.Description: xviii, 234 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781904768999Subject(s): 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 -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 939/.4
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.