The bitumen of Tell Brak from the Middle Uruk (c.3500 BC) to Late Bronze Age (c.1280 BC)
Origin and trade routes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21253422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacques Connan (0000-0002-9406-3875, Université de Strasbourg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Historical Archaeology & Anthropological Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2573-2897 • E-ISSN: 2573-2897 |
| Publisher | MedCrave Group, LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15406/jhaas.2018.03.00163 |
| OpenAlex | W2907768357 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
13 archaeological samples, dated from the Middle Uruk period (c.3500 BC) to the Late Bronze age (c.1280 BC), were analyzed by geochemical techniques in order to identify bitumen and to attempt to find its origin. Extracts do show that the samples are characteristic archaeological bitumens. Bitumens of Tell Brak were compared to some other archaeological asphalts, to crude oils and natural asphalts. Utilization of carbon isotopes on asphaltenes and biomarkers namely steranes and terpanes allowed us to identify two main areas of bitumen supply, Hit on one side along the Euphrate river, northern Iraq on the other side
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Geography · Middle East · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Geology
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |