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The change in metal production from the Chalcolithic period to the Early Bronze Age in Israel and Jordan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sariel Shalev
Sariel Shalev*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, England
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Distinctive patterns in the nature and composition of early metal objects in Israel and Jordan make it possible to find a chronological order in the celebrated, and hard-to-date, copper-mining sites of the region.

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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 260 , September 1994 , pp. 630 - 637
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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