Copper and Copper Alloys in Ancient Iraq, Syria and Palestine
Some New Analyses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8354572 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P R S Moorey (Museum of the History of Science), F SCHWEIZER (0000-0002-4877-502X, Oxford Archaeology) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 177-198 |
| Publication date | 1972-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeometry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1972.tb00062.x |
| OpenAlex | W2101148820 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 23 |
S In a pilot‐programme to increase evidence for the history of copper‐alloying in ancient Iraq, Syria and Palestine 128 objects in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, were tested with a point‐source linear X‐ray spectrometer for tin, arsenic and antimony. These analyses showed the gradual introduction of tin‐copper alloys into Iraq after ca . 2750 b.c. (Early Dynastic IIIA), into Syria a little later and into Palestine by the end of the third millennium b.c. , though numerous artefacts continue to be of copper or arsenical‐copper until well into the second millennium b.c. at least. With the appearance of tin‐copper alloys the percentage of arsenic in the copper objects noticeably declines indicating that the earlier arsenical‐coppers were deliberately produced under controlled conditions
Ancient history · Antimony · Archaeology · Arsenic · Copper · Metallurgy · Palestine · Tin · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Materials Science · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 1973 - 2022 (50) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |