The location of specialized copper production by the lost wax technique in the Chalcolithic southern Levant

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 374-397

  Goren, Yuval ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARTIFACT; COPPER; DETECTION METHOD; METALLURGY;

EN GEDI; ISRAEL; JUDEAN DESERT; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NEGEV; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; SOUTHERN DISTRICT; WEST BANK;

EID: 52649093272     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20221     Document Type: Article

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