Leigh Bettenay
Biographic Data
| ID | 4071760 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leigh Bettenay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leigh |
| FAMILY NAME | Bettenay |
| SIGNATURE | BETTENAY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6531-0550 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Alluvial gold’ in Bronze Age Egypt and Nubia
‘alluvial gold mining’ has two meanings, but only in the context of archaeological studies of Bronze Age Nubia. • proposed clast mining in Nubia contrasts with alluvial placer mining dominant in goldfields globally. • alluvial placer mining of detrital gold can yield artefacts containing PGE alloys. • ‘alluvial clast mining’ only yields gold like the source lode, hence no PGE alloys. • PGE alloys are common in Bronze age gold artefacts, so placer…
The economics of Late Bronze age gold mining by the Egyptian New Kingdom in Nubia
Gold and Silver
We have documented more than 200 relative values of gold and silver across almost 3000 years (2500 bce–400 ce) to establish value benchmarks for essentially pure metal. Our aim is to improve understanding of ancient economies by enabling regional and temporal comparisons of these relative values. First, we establish silver as an early, reliable benchmark for valuing gold of varying purity before implementation of parting. Whilst purity accounted …
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Gold and Silver
We have documented more than 200 relative values of gold and silver across almost 3000 years (2500 bce–400 ce) to establish value benchmarks for essentially pure metal. Our aim is to improve understanding of ancient economies by enabling regional and temporal comparisons of these relative values. First, we establish silver as an early, reliable benchmark for valuing gold of varying purity before implementation of parting. Whilst purity accounted …
Alluvial gold’ in Bronze Age Egypt and Nubia
‘alluvial gold mining’ has two meanings, but only in the context of archaeological studies of Bronze Age Nubia. • proposed clast mining in Nubia contrasts with alluvial placer mining dominant in goldfields globally. • alluvial placer mining of detrital gold can yield artefacts containing PGE alloys. • ‘alluvial clast mining’ only yields gold like the source lode, hence no PGE alloys. • PGE alloys are common in Bronze age gold artefacts, so placer…
The economics of Late Bronze age gold mining by the Egyptian New Kingdom in Nubia
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Bronze (2 works) · Bronze Age (2 works) · Gold mining (2 works) · Alluvium (1 work) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (1 work) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (1 work) · Cartography (1 work)