An integrated approach to reconstructing primary activities from pit deposits: iron smithing and other activities at Tel Dor under Neo-Assyrian domination

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2895-2908

  Eliyahu Behar, Adi ^a   Shilstein, Sana ^a   Raban Gerstel, Noa ^b   Goren, Yuval ^c   Gilboa, Ayelet ^b   Sharon, Ilan ^d   Weiner, Steve ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

FTIR; ICP; Iron Age; Iron smithy; Neo Assyrian occupation; Petrography; Phoenician commercial jars; Pit; SEM EDS; Site formation processes; Tel Dor; XRF

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; EXCAVATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; IRON; RECONSTRUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ASIA; DOR; EURASIA; HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 49849103462     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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