Development of metallurgy in Eurasia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7656504 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin W Roberts (0000-0002-5737-2302, British Museum), Christopher P Thornton (0000-0001-7406-5390, University of Pennsylvania), Vincent C Pigott (0000-0002-3282-7665, University College London) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 322 |
| Pages | 1012-1022 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00099312 |
| OpenAlex | W2253582660 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 106 |
| References cited | 28 |
The authors reconsider the origins of metallurgy in the Old World and offer us a new model in which metallurgy began in c . eleventh/ninth millennium BC in Southwest Asia due to a desire to adorn the human body in life and death using colourful ores and naturally-occurring metals. In the early sixth millennium BC the techniques of smelting were developed to produce lead, copper, copper alloys and eventually silver. The authors come down firmly on the side of single invention, seeing the subsequent cultural transmission of the technology as led by groups of metalworkers following in the wake of exotic objects in metal
Ancient history · Archaeology · Eleventh · Metallurgy · Ninth · Physics · Smelting · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Materials Science · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
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| Unique citing works | 106 |
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| Citation span | 1970 - 2026 (57) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 95 |