LEAD ISOTOPE ANALYSES OF BRONZE AGE COPPER-BASE ARTEFACTS FROM AL-MIDAMMAN, YEMEN: TOWARDS THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN INDIGENOUS METAL PRODUCTION AND EXCHANGE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN RED SEA REGION*

被引：22

作者：

Weeks, L. ^{[1
]}

Keall, E. ^{[2
]}

Pashley, V. ^{[3
]}

Evans, J. ^{[3
]}

Stock, S. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Nottingham, Dept Archaeol, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England

[2] Royal Ontario Museum, Near Eastern & Asian Civilizat Dept, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada

[3] British Geol Survey, NERC, Isotope Geosci Lab, Nottingham NG12 5GG, England

[4] Royal Ontario Museum, Conservat Dept, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada

来源：

ARCHAEOMETRY | 2009年 / 51卷

关键词：

ARCHAEOMETALLURGY; LEAD ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; BRONZE AGE; RED SEA; ARABIA; YEMEN; COPPER; CORROSION; SAUDI-ARABIAN SHIELD; RADIOCARBON CALIBRATION; TELL-ABRAQ; PB; DEPOSITS; PROGRAM; CULTURE; CRUST;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00429.x

中图分类号：

K85 [文物考古];

学科分类号：

0601 ;

摘要：

The results of the lead isotope analysis (LIA) of 15 copper-base artefacts from the Bronze Age site of al-Midamman, Yemen, are reported. The LIA data suggest the existence of an indigenous Bronze Age metal production and exchange system centred on the southern Red Sea region, distinct from those in neighbouring regions of Arabia and the Levant. These preliminary results are highly significant for the archaeology of the region, suggesting that local prehistoric copper extraction sites have thus far gone unrecorded, and highlighting the need for systematic archaeometallurgical fieldwork programmes in the countries surrounding the southern Red Sea.

引用

页码：576 / 597

页数：22