Eastern Mediterranean metallurgy and metalwork in the second millennium BC
Subtitle: a conference in honour of James D. Muhly : Nicosia, 10th-11th October 2009
By: edited by Vasiliki Kassianidou and George Papasavvas
Contributors: Kassianidou, Vasiliki, editor of compilation; Papasavvas, Giōrgos, editor of compilation; Muhly, James David, honoree
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781842174531
Subjects: Metallurgy; Congresses; Antiquities; History
Description: "Contains twenty-three papers on Cypriot and Mediterranean archaeology that compare and contrast the material culture associated with metallurgical workshops, as well as discussing technological issues and their cultural and archaeological contexts"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Reminiscences: working with Jim Muhly / R. Maddin; title: Late bronze age copper production in Cyprus from a mining geologists perspective / G. Constantinou; title: Metallurgical production and trade on bronze age Cyprus: views and variations / A. B. Knapp; title: Pyrgos-Mavrorachi in Cypriot metallurgy / M. R. Belgiorno, D. Ferro and D. R. Loepp; title: Tinker, tailor, farmer, miner: metals in the late bronze age economy at Kalavasos / A. K. South; title: Standing on ceremony: the metallurgical finds from Maroni-Vournes, Cyprus / R. Doonan, G. Cadogan, and D. Sewell; title: From regional gateway to Cypriot kingdom: copper deposits and copper routes in the chora of paphos / M. Iacovou; title: The role of the apliki mine region in the post c. 1400 bc copper production and trade networks in Cyprus; title: And in the wider Mediterranean / N. H. Gale and Z. A. Stos-Gale; title: "Reconstructing" the Enkomi Tombs (British excavations): an instructive exercise / D. Pilides; title: Metallurgy and metalwork in Enkomi: the early phases / V. Kassianidou; title: The Enkomi cup: Niello versus Kuwano / A. Giumlia-Mair; title: Profusion of Cypriot copper abroad, dearth of bronzes at home: a paradox in late bronze age cyprus / G. Papasavvas VI; title: Cyprus and crete: the transformation of the minoan metalworking industry / P. Betancourt; title: Metallurgy and metalworking in the harbour town of Knossos at Poros-Katsambas / N. Dimopoulou; title: Cyprus and Sardinia, beyond the oxhide ingots / F. Lo Schiavo; title: On the cessation of local copper production in the Aegean in the 2nd millennium BC / Y. Bassiakos and T. Tselios; title: Late bronze age Alalakh and Cyprus: a relationship of metals? / A. K. Yener; title: The evidence for metallurgical workshops of the 2nd millennium in Ugarit / E. Dardaillon; title: The merchants of Ugarit: oligarchs of the late bronze age trade in metals? / C. Bell; title: A unique casting mould from the new excavations at Timna Site 30 (Israel): evidence of western influence? / E. Ben-Yosef; title: New perspectives on iron age copper production and society in the Faynan Region, Jordan / T. Levy, E. Ben-Yosef and M. Najjar; title: Alloying and resource management in New Kingdom Egypt: the bronze industry at Qantir Pi-Ramesse and its relationship to Egyptian copper sources / T. Rehren and E. B. Pusch; title: On ancient tin, its sources and trade: further comments / V. C. Pigott; title: Just a few rusty bits: the innovation of iron in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 2nd and 1st millennia BC 237 / H. A. Veldhuijzen.