Gods, Caves, and Scholars
Chalcolithic Cult and Metallurgy in the Judean Desert
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4587532 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuval Goren (0000-0003-4430-8691, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 260-266 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5615/neareastarch.77.4.0260 |
| OpenAlex | W2488014527 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 14 |
The origins of southern Levantine Chalcolithic copper metallurgy have been debated for decades. Typological and metallurgical examinations of the copper artifacts from the Nahal Mishmar hoard and elsewhere have indicated a dichotomy between simple tools, made of pure copper by open casting, and elaborate items made by the “lost wax” technique of copper alloys with antimony and arsenic. While the former were considered local production of the northern Negev sites, the latter were prestige objects either considered as imports from the remote sources of arsenic-antimony copper, or local to the southern Levant. In the present paper the results of an ongoing research project are presented based on the analysis of ceramic mold remains that were still attached to a large number of copper implements from Israel. In a previous publication, the Ein Gedi area in the Judean Desert of Israel was suggested as the place of origin of all copper objects produced by this lost wax method. Some new results and simulations of the technique shed more light on the production process and suggest better explanations to the problematic archaeological evidence
Ancient history · Antimony · Archaeology · Bronze Age · Cave · Chalcolithic · Copper · Copper ore · Excavation · Geography · Hoard · Metallurgy · Southern Levant · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Materials Science · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Geology
Reconstructing the Spread of Investment Casting in Chalcolithic West Asia Using Innovation Theory
Microarchaeological Study of the Achaemenid Throne Legs from the Israel Museum Collection
Firing up the furnace
Experimental Archaeogaming
The Petrographic Study of the Pottery Assemblage from Naḥal Tsafit and Its Implications for Chalcolithic Copper Production Systems
On early metallurgy and textile-production technologies in the southern Levant
Crossing the Lines”—Elaborately Decorated Chalcolithic Basalt Bowls in the Southern Levant
Ceramic production and the transition to agriculture in Northeast China
The (in)visibility of lost wax casting moulds in the archaeological record
The advent of complex metallurgy
The lost-butter technique
A Feast in Papua New Guinea
Petrographic Analyses of Fourth Millennium B. C. Pottery and Stone Vessels from the Northern Negev, Israel
The Chalcolithic Period of the Southern Levant
The location of specialized copper production by the lost wax technique in the Chalcolithic southern Levant
The Ghassulian Shrine at En-gedi
Structures d'habitat, mode de vie et environnement. Les villages souterrains des pasteurs de Beershéva, dans le Sud d'Israël, au IVe millénaire avant l'ère chrétienne
Recent Discoveries Concerning Chalcolithic Metallurgy at Shiqmim, Israel
Shrines and Ceramics in Chalcolithic Israel
The Metallurgy of the Nahal Mishmar Hoard Reconsidered
The Chalcolithic Temple in Ein Gedi
Aspects of Radiocarbon Determinations and the Dating of the Transition from The Chalcolithic Period to Early Bronze Age I in the Southern Levant
The chalcolithic period in the Levant
The change in metal production from the Chalcolithic period to the Early Bronze Age in Israel and Jordan
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |