Preliminary Archaeometallurgical Investigations of Bronze Age Metal Finds from Shahdad and Tepe Yahya
Shahdad and Yahya which are two important prehistoric sites in the Kerman Province, are of most important forArchaeometallurgical studies. During excavations at these sites a number of metal objects have been discovered.Moreover, evidence of metal working on the surface testify to manifacturing of m...
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| description | Shahdad and Yahya which are two important prehistoric sites in the Kerman Province, are of most important forArchaeometallurgical studies. During excavations at these sites a number of metal objects have been discovered.Moreover, evidence of metal working on the surface testify to manifacturing of metal objects. This also shows that thesite might have experienced craft specialization.The following contribution is representing results of archaeometallurgical investigations on several metal artifacts fromprehistoric contexts from the sites of Tepe Yahya and Shahdad which are situated in Kerman Province. The aim of thisresearch is to investigate the provenance of the raw materials which had been used. Further some new observationsconcerning the distribution of artifacts will be presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ea503741ce24ff2acf038b223ff93072023-02-17T05:53:13ZengArchaeological Sciences Research Centre, University of Sistan and BaluchestanIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies2251-743X2676-29192011-04-0112253410.22111/ijas.2011.465465Preliminary Archaeometallurgical Investigations of Bronze Age Metal Finds from Shahdad and Tepe YahyaDavid Mathias Philip Meier0Instiut für Vorderasiatische Altertumskunde, FU Berlin, GermanyShahdad and Yahya which are two important prehistoric sites in the Kerman Province, are of most important forArchaeometallurgical studies. During excavations at these sites a number of metal objects have been discovered.Moreover, evidence of metal working on the surface testify to manifacturing of metal objects. This also shows that thesite might have experienced craft specialization.The following contribution is representing results of archaeometallurgical investigations on several metal artifacts fromprehistoric contexts from the sites of Tepe Yahya and Shahdad which are situated in Kerman Province. The aim of thisresearch is to investigate the provenance of the raw materials which had been used. Further some new observationsconcerning the distribution of artifacts will be presented.https://ijas.usb.ac.ir/article_465_fccc1f93824a3f112aec58fa62aee029.pdfbronze ageshahdadtepe yahyaur, metal artifacts |
| spellingShingle | David Mathias Philip Meier Preliminary Archaeometallurgical Investigations of Bronze Age Metal Finds from Shahdad and Tepe Yahya Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies bronze age shahdad tepe yahya ur, metal artifacts |
| title | Preliminary Archaeometallurgical Investigations of Bronze Age Metal Finds from Shahdad and Tepe Yahya |
| title_full | Preliminary Archaeometallurgical Investigations of Bronze Age Metal Finds from Shahdad and Tepe Yahya |
| title_fullStr | Preliminary Archaeometallurgical Investigations of Bronze Age Metal Finds from Shahdad and Tepe Yahya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preliminary Archaeometallurgical Investigations of Bronze Age Metal Finds from Shahdad and Tepe Yahya |
| title_short | Preliminary Archaeometallurgical Investigations of Bronze Age Metal Finds from Shahdad and Tepe Yahya |
| title_sort | preliminary archaeometallurgical investigations of bronze age metal finds from shahdad and tepe yahya |
| topic | bronze age shahdad tepe yahya ur, metal artifacts |
| url | https://ijas.usb.ac.ir/article_465_fccc1f93824a3f112aec58fa62aee029.pdf |
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