Thermoluminescence Dating of a Crucible Fragment From an Early Tin Processing Site in Turkey

Bibliographic Data

ID8352708
AuthorsPamela B Vandiver (Museum Conservation Institute), R KAYLOR, R M Kaylor (University of Maryland, College Park), J K Feathers (0000-0002-1309-6131, University of Maryland, College Park), J Feathers, M GOTTFRIED, Michael D Gottfried (0000-0001-8809-5734, University of Maryland, College Park), K Aslıhan Yener (0000-0002-4735-1348, Museum Conservation Institute), W F HORNYAK (University of Maryland, College Park), A Franklin, A D Franklin (University of Maryland, College Park)
Year1993
Volume35
Issue2
Pages295-298
Publication date1993-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeometry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-4754.1993.tb01044.x
OpenAlexW1991891887
LanguageEN
References cited4

Archaeological exploration in the Taurus mountains at Göltepe in south‐central Turkey has uncovered a site indicating the presence of extensive tin ore mining and smelling operations The most recent find of smelting crucible fragments allowed for a thermoluminescence‐hased age determination spanning a late fifth to early third millennium BC date. This result is consistent with a number of radiocarbon dates derived for charcoal also found at the site. The importance of this site relates to the possible tin production and subsequent trade with southwestern Asia which would have provided this otherwise scarce ingredient to bronze technology in that area. This date is directly for crucible material and thus confirms the antiquity of tin smelting at Göltepe

Archaeology · Bronze Age · Charcoal · Crucible (geodemography) · Geography · Metallurgy · Radiocarbon dating · Smelting · Thermoluminescence · Tin · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Geology · Materials Science · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts