Steatite beads at Peqi'in: Long distance trade and pyro-technology during the Chalcolithic of the Levant

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 493-502

  Bar Yosef Mayer, D E ^a,b   Porat, N ^c   Gal, Z ^d   Shalem, D ^e   Smithline, H ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beads; Chalcolithic; Levant; Pyro technology; Steatite; Trade

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; MATERIAL CULTURE; REGIONAL TRADE; TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 1542546798     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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