Early Bronze Age metalwork in Central Anatolia - An archaeometric view from the hamlet

Genis E. Y., ZİMMERMANN T.

PRAEHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT, cilt.89, sa.2, ss.280-290, 2014 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 89 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1515/pz-2014-0019
  • Dergi Adı: PRAEHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.280-290
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Early Bronze Age, Anatolia, Settlement, Necropolis, Metallurgy, Archaeometry, ARCHAEOLOGY
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The following contribution discusses the results of spectroscopic analyses carried out on metal artefacts from the Early Bronze Age cemetery of Kalinkaya-Toptastepe in central Anatolia. Given that archaeometric data from 3rd- millennium BCE Central Anatolia are still quite sparse, tend to stem mainly from earlier central places, and the assemblages from village sites have so far remained largely unexplored, the study we present here is primarily intended to draw much needed attention to the data that are available. Copper-arsenic alloys exist alongside 'true' bronzes (copper-tin alloys), and contamination, for example by nickel, can yield much information about specific deposits. The results obtained provide good insights into the use of metals and traditional alloying techniques on a minor settlement at the end of the Anatolian Early Bronze Age.