Lead isotope analyses of Bronze Age copper-base artefacts from al-Midamman, Yemen: Towards the identification of an indigenous metal production and exchange system in the southern Red Sea region

Archaeometry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 576-597

  Weeks, L ^a   Keall, E ^b   Pashley, V ^c   Evans, J ^c   Stock, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabia; Archaeometallurgy; Bronze age; Copper; Corrosion; Lead isotope analysis; Red sea; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BRONZE AGE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD ISOTOPE; METALLURGY; PREHISTORIC; TRADE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; YEMEN;

EID: 67650243291     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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