Klein
Biographic Data
| ID | 29938 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Klein |
| FAMILY NAME | Klein |
| SIGNATURE | KLEIN |
| AFFILIATIONS | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3939-4428 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 252 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1910 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Deciphering of objects
Two objects believed to have played a role in the metallurgical production of pre-Columbian gold and copper items from Costa Rica underwent archaeometric analysis. A crucible, initially described as pottery, and a peperite pebble consisting of jaspis and basalt, which is coated with a yellow, shiny metal—presumably gold—were examined non-destructively using digital microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The remnants of yellow metal on both …
La societas Sisaponensis , los lingotes de Doña Rama-Belmez y la explotación minera de los montes de Corduba
El objetivo principal de este trabajo es presentar importantes novedades sobre el marco histórico y productivo de la explotación minera de la sierra de Corduba en época romana, así como de la gestión de sus recursos. Desde hace años y a partir de la documentación epigráfica disponible, se ha venido apuntando una posible presencia en este territorio de la societas Sisaponensis y de la explotación de plomo y plata por su parte, a pesar de la afamad…
The Windridge Farm Glandes Revisited
Roman lead sling bullets (glandes) have been found at Windridge Farm near St Albans in Hertfordshire since the 1970s. A previous study suggested these missiles could have originated from a plough-disturbed hoard of Roman lead objects. More recent discoveries of glandes from other sites throughout Europe have enhanced our understanding of depositional characteristics, morphology and lead sources for Roman sling bullets and this paper offers an alt…
Archaeometallurgical Analysis of Lead Weights and Sling Bullets from Seleucid Tell Iẓṭabba
Lead isotope and portable energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry were applied to a small group of Hellenistic lead objects from Tell Iztabba (Beth Shean, Israel). The market weights and sling bullets from this short-lived Seleucid-founded site were analysed in order to understand their production process and the provenance of the raw materials. The sling bullets are of pure lead, and its lead isotopic signature suggests that the lead w…
From Oxalid to GlobaLID
Lead isotope provenance studies of archaeological artefacts rely crucially on the availability of reference data from raw material sources. The OXALID database, a collection of Excel sheets with Pb isotope data of ores and artefacts, is still the most cited data source in archaeometry. However, OXALID has not been updated for several years and contains almost exclusively data from Europe, particularly from the Mediterranean area. Digitalisation a…
Metallurgical analysis of a bronze powder chamber retrieved from an underwater excavation in Akko (Israel)
Provenance and distribution networks of the earliest bronze in the Maritime Territory (Primorye), Russian Far East
Metal artifacts from the Paleometal Epoch (ca. 1100 BC–400 AD) of the Primorye (Russian Far East) have shed new light on the introduction of the earliest bronzes into the Pacific coastal areas of prehistoric Eurasia. However, little is known about raw material circulation and the role of metal in the context of inter-regional exchange. This paper investigates 12 copper artifacts from major Paleometal settlements using alloy composition, trace ele…
From commodity to money
The reasons why the Western Mediterranean, especially Carthage and Rome, resisted monetization relative to the Eastern Mediterranean are still unclear. We address this question by combining lead (Pb) and silver (Ag) isotope abundances in silver coinage from the Aegean, Magna Graecia, Carthage and Roman Republic. The clear relationships observed between 109 Ag/ 107 Ag and 208 Pb/ 206 Pb reflect the mixing of silver ores or silver objects with Pb m…
Rome'S Rise to Power. Geochemical Analysis of Silver Coinage from the Western Mediterranean (Fourth to Second Centuries BCE)
We present the results of geochemical analysis of silver coinage issued by Rome and dated between the fourth and second century BCE, which are complemented by data of coinage issued by Carthage, the Brettii, and the Greek colony of Emporion. Each of these minting authorities represents one of the major parties involved in the struggle for hegemony in the fourth to second centuries BCE Western Mediterranean region. This study retraces how the meta…
A miner's perspective on Pb isotope provenances in the Western and Central Mediterranean
The conventional approach to ore provenance studies of ancient silver coins and artifacts has been to first analyze and then try to match them to published data about mining districts, a difficult task given our incomplete knowledge of these. While literary sources are useful to identify possible provenances, they potentially bias interpretations proper because of a variety of limitations of their time. Archeological evidence in the form of minin…
A novel combined approach for compositional and Pb isotope data of (leaded) copper-based alloys
Retracing Magna Graecia's silver
This study presents the results of compositional and lead isotopic analysis of coinage issued by the Greek colonies of Syracuse, Metapontum, Taras and Thurium in the fifth to third centuries bce . The data suggest that each colony in Magna Graecia, regardless of its motherland roots and despite ongoing conflicts between the cities, had access to the same silver, and that this supply was stable overall throughout their period of minting and issuin…
Evaluating copper isotope fractionation in the metallurgical operational chain
Until today, raw material information of copper (Cu) objects is mostly gained from impurities and trace elements and not from the Cu itself. This might be obtained using its stable isotopes. However, isotopic fingerprinting requires the absence of fractionation during the smelting process. The Cu isotope evolution during outdoor smelting experiments with Cu sulphide ore was investigated. It is shown that external materials, in particular furnace …
Iron and oxygen isotope systematics during corrosion of iron objects
Discerning social interaction and cultural influence in Early Iron Age Mongolia through archaeometallurgical investigation
Probing the provenance of archaeological glaze colorants
The polychrome glazes from the Processional Way and the Ishtar Gate of Babylon are among the best preserved from antiquity. Yet, little is known about the logistical choices involved in their production. Variations in isotope ratios can be useful for complementing an archaeological investigation of potential geological sources of raw materials. Consistent with archaeological evidence and ancient texts on trade in metals, Turkish ore deposits are …
To Ethnic Studies-Love Hard, Fight Beautifully
Types of Gold, Types of Silver
The many gold and silver artifacts from the Early Dynastic Royal Tombs of Ur in Mesopotamia are among the greatest metal finds of Ancient Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC. Within the framework of a research project, 32 of these artifacts were analyzed for their composition using a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer and a scanning electron microscope. Predominantly gold-silver alloys rather than pure gold were identified, containing up…
Questioning Fe isotopes as a provenance tool
The potential of stable Cu isotopes for the identification of Bronze Age ore mineral sources from Cyprus and Faynan
Provenancing ancient pigments
The Dor C shipwreck, Israel
Platinum group placer minerals in ancient gold artifacts – Geochemistry and osmium isotopes of inclusions in Early Bronze Age gold from Ur/Mesopotamia
Archaeometallurgical analysis of metal remains from the Dor 2006 shipwreck
Lead isotope analyses on Late Republican sling bullets
The Production of Copper–Arsenic Alloys (Arsenic Bronze) by Cosmelting
A miner's perspective on Pb isotope provenances in the Western and Central Mediterranean
The conventional approach to ore provenance studies of ancient silver coins and artifacts has been to first analyze and then try to match them to published data about mining districts, a difficult task given our incomplete knowledge of these. While literary sources are useful to identify possible provenances, they potentially bias interpretations proper because of a variety of limitations of their time. Archeological evidence in the form of minin…
Characterisation of the raw metal sources used for the production of copper and copper-based objects with copper isotopes
Iron Age Leaded Tin Bronzes from Khirbet Edh-Dharih, Jordan
Women who decline breast screening
The health related behaviour and attitudes of a random sample of 125 women aged 45-64 who declined to accept an invitation to attend a breast screening clinic are described. The women differed from attenders in their socioeconomic class and in their customary use of measures to promote health. They were basically unsympathetic towards the idea of screening and the invitation had caused them considerable anxiety. Policy implications are raised
Texts and Paratexts in Media
The early roman imperial AES coinage II
Lead and copper isotopes of Roman Imperial copper coins (denominations as and quadrans) were analysed by MC–ICP–MS. We concentrated on well‐dated coins minted at the official mint of Rome under the Emperors Augustus and Tiberius (between 16 bc and ad 37). The lead isotope results were compared with published lead isotope data of ore bodies from the Aegaean, Cyprus, Italy and Spain, in order to fingerprint the sources of Roman copper. During the A…
Lead isotope analyses on Late Republican sling bullets
Retracing Magna Graecia's silver
This study presents the results of compositional and lead isotopic analysis of coinage issued by the Greek colonies of Syracuse, Metapontum, Taras and Thurium in the fifth to third centuries bce . The data suggest that each colony in Magna Graecia, regardless of its motherland roots and despite ongoing conflicts between the cities, had access to the same silver, and that this supply was stable overall throughout their period of minting and issuin…
Copper ingots from the western Mediterranean Sea
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The potential of stable Cu isotopes for the identification of Bronze Age ore mineral sources from Cyprus and Faynan
A novel combined approach for compositional and Pb isotope data of (leaded) copper-based alloys
Platinum group placer minerals in ancient gold artifacts – Geochemistry and osmium isotopes of inclusions in Early Bronze Age gold from Ur/Mesopotamia
Bronze Age gold in Southern Georgia
This study represents a joint pilot project between archaeological and natural sciences, aimed at exploring the technology and provenance of gold artefacts, exemplified for the case of Georgia. It is focussed on the prehistoric gold mine of Sakdrisi. The study included the investigation of both Bronze Age gold artefacts and native gold by chemical and lead isotope analyses using ICP-mass spectrometry. The analyses of the artefacts indicate that t…
From commodity to money
The reasons why the Western Mediterranean, especially Carthage and Rome, resisted monetization relative to the Eastern Mediterranean are still unclear. We address this question by combining lead (Pb) and silver (Ag) isotope abundances in silver coinage from the Aegean, Magna Graecia, Carthage and Roman Republic. The clear relationships observed between 109 Ag/ 107 Ag and 208 Pb/ 206 Pb reflect the mixing of silver ores or silver objects with Pb m…
Discerning social interaction and cultural influence in Early Iron Age Mongolia through archaeometallurgical investigation
Archaeometallurgical analysis of metal remains from the Dor 2006 shipwreck
From Oxalid to GlobaLID
Lead isotope provenance studies of archaeological artefacts rely crucially on the availability of reference data from raw material sources. The OXALID database, a collection of Excel sheets with Pb isotope data of ores and artefacts, is still the most cited data source in archaeometry. However, OXALID has not been updated for several years and contains almost exclusively data from Europe, particularly from the Mediterranean area. Digitalisation a…
Metallurgical analysis of a bronze powder chamber retrieved from an underwater excavation in Akko (Israel)
Questioning Fe isotopes as a provenance tool
The roots of glazing techniques
This paper reports on finds of greenish, partially bluish and red glazed furnace fragments from 3rd millennium ВС copper smelting sites at Feinan and at Timna, Wadi Arabah which, due to their geographic location, could have been of significance for the production of glazes in Egypt (" Egyptian faience" '). The weathered glazes consist of Ca-Al- siliceous glass originally high in alkalis, the latter extracted by leaching over the millennia. The pr…
Iron and oxygen isotope systematics during corrosion of iron objects
Provenancing ancient pigments
Provenance and distribution networks of the earliest bronze in the Maritime Territory (Primorye), Russian Far East
Metal artifacts from the Paleometal Epoch (ca. 1100 BC–400 AD) of the Primorye (Russian Far East) have shed new light on the introduction of the earliest bronzes into the Pacific coastal areas of prehistoric Eurasia. However, little is known about raw material circulation and the role of metal in the context of inter-regional exchange. This paper investigates 12 copper artifacts from major Paleometal settlements using alloy composition, trace ele…
III. R. Yosé et R. Yosé b. Hanina
Klein S. III. R. Yosé et R. Yosé b. Hanina. In: Revue des études juives, tome 60, n°119, juillet-septembre 1910. p. 109
I. R. Josué à Emmaüs
Klein S. I. R. Josué à Emmaüs. In: Revue des études juives, tome 60, n°119, juillet-septembre 1910. pp. 106-107
II. La מתיבתא רבא de Lydda
Klein S. II. La מתיבתא רבא de Lydda. In: Revue des études juives, tome 60, n°119, juillet-septembre 1910. pp. 107-108
Rubella antibody levels in commercial gamma globulin preparations
Rubella antibody levels in commercial gamma globulin preparations. S J Millian, A Kogon, and S KleinCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.61.2.353 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Women who decline breast screening
The health related behaviour and attitudes of a random sample of 125 women aged 45-64 who declined to accept an invitation to attend a breast screening clinic are described. The women differed from attenders in their socioeconomic class and in their customary use of measures to promote health. They were basically unsympathetic towards the idea of screening and the invitation had caused them considerable anxiety. Policy implications are raised
The Production of Copper–Arsenic Alloys (Arsenic Bronze) by Cosmelting
Iron Age Leaded Tin Bronzes from Khirbet Edh-Dharih, Jordan
The roots of glazing techniques
This paper reports on finds of greenish, partially bluish and red glazed furnace fragments from 3rd millennium ВС copper smelting sites at Feinan and at Timna, Wadi Arabah which, due to their geographic location, could have been of significance for the production of glazes in Egypt (" Egyptian faience" '). The weathered glazes consist of Ca-Al- siliceous glass originally high in alkalis, the latter extracted by leaching over the millennia. The pr…
The early roman imperial AES coinage II
Lead and copper isotopes of Roman Imperial copper coins (denominations as and quadrans) were analysed by MC–ICP–MS. We concentrated on well‐dated coins minted at the official mint of Rome under the Emperors Augustus and Tiberius (between 16 bc and ad 37). The lead isotope results were compared with published lead isotope data of ore bodies from the Aegaean, Cyprus, Italy and Spain, in order to fingerprint the sources of Roman copper. During the A…
La provenance des lingots de cuivre romains de Maguelone (Hérault, France). Étude archéologique et archéométrique
L'article présente 13 lingots de cuivre romains découverts en mer (juillet 2004) au large de Maguelone (Hérault). Ils sont du type tronconique plat. L'analyse des isotopes du plomb indique qu'ils sont très probablement originaires de mines du district de Los Pedroches, dans la Sierra Morena (Espagne du sud). Un même timbre est visible sur la plupart des lingots ; il renferme en abrégé le nom de l'entreprise qui les a produits (soc. amat) mais qu'…
Texts and Paratexts in Media
Copper ingots from the western Mediterranean Sea
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Bronze Age gold in Southern Georgia
This study represents a joint pilot project between archaeological and natural sciences, aimed at exploring the technology and provenance of gold artefacts, exemplified for the case of Georgia. It is focussed on the prehistoric gold mine of Sakdrisi. The study included the investigation of both Bronze Age gold artefacts and native gold by chemical and lead isotope analyses using ICP-mass spectrometry. The analyses of the artefacts indicate that t…
Characterisation of the raw metal sources used for the production of copper and copper-based objects with copper isotopes
Archaeometallurgical analysis of metal remains from the Dor 2006 shipwreck
Lead isotope analyses on Late Republican sling bullets
Platinum group placer minerals in ancient gold artifacts – Geochemistry and osmium isotopes of inclusions in Early Bronze Age gold from Ur/Mesopotamia
Provenancing ancient pigments
The Dor C shipwreck, Israel
Types of Gold, Types of Silver
The many gold and silver artifacts from the Early Dynastic Royal Tombs of Ur in Mesopotamia are among the greatest metal finds of Ancient Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC. Within the framework of a research project, 32 of these artifacts were analyzed for their composition using a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer and a scanning electron microscope. Predominantly gold-silver alloys rather than pure gold were identified, containing up…
Questioning Fe isotopes as a provenance tool
The potential of stable Cu isotopes for the identification of Bronze Age ore mineral sources from Cyprus and Faynan
Probing the provenance of archaeological glaze colorants
The polychrome glazes from the Processional Way and the Ishtar Gate of Babylon are among the best preserved from antiquity. Yet, little is known about the logistical choices involved in their production. Variations in isotope ratios can be useful for complementing an archaeological investigation of potential geological sources of raw materials. Consistent with archaeological evidence and ancient texts on trade in metals, Turkish ore deposits are …
To Ethnic Studies-Love Hard, Fight Beautifully
Rome'S Rise to Power. Geochemical Analysis of Silver Coinage from the Western Mediterranean (Fourth to Second Centuries BCE)
We present the results of geochemical analysis of silver coinage issued by Rome and dated between the fourth and second century BCE, which are complemented by data of coinage issued by Carthage, the Brettii, and the Greek colony of Emporion. Each of these minting authorities represents one of the major parties involved in the struggle for hegemony in the fourth to second centuries BCE Western Mediterranean region. This study retraces how the meta…
Geology (24 works) · Archaeology (19 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 works) · Materials Science (16 works) · Metallurgy (16 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (15 works) · Geochemistry (15 works) · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts (15 works) · Geography (14 works) · Copper (11 works)