Iron Age Gold Mining
A Preliminary Report on Camps in the Al Maraziq Region, Yemen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12181793 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leanne M Mallory‐Greenough (University of Toronto, corresponding author), LEANNE MALLORY‐GREENOUGH, John D Greenough (0000-0002-8641-3089, Okanagan College), Charles Fipke |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 223-236 |
| Publication date | 2000-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Arabian archaeology and epigraphy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0905-7196 • E-ISSN: 1600-0471 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2000.aae110207.x |
| OpenAlex | W1970070187 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Ancient geologists in Yemen and Egypt recognized that quartz veins surrounding caldera‐collapse complexes (exhumed explosive volcanoes) were gold bearing and actively sought out these geologic environments. Rock hammerstones, anvils and grinders are found in camps on both sides of the Red Sea, indicating that mining and metallurgical extraction technology and knowledge were also widespread during the Iron Age. The technology and overall layout of the Yemen sites is equivalent with New Kingdom to Late Period Egyptian sites, and there is no evidence of smelting, which is a Greco‐Roman Period development. It is not known who controlled the Yemen mines, but the large number of adits in the Al Maraziq area suggests that these gold mines may have been important to local, regional and possibly international economies
Ancient history · Archaeology · Caldera · Geochemistry · Geography · Gold mining · Metallurgy · Mining engineering · Period (music · Smelting · Volcano · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Geology
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |