Iron and bronze production in Iron Age IIA Philistia: New evidence from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-267

  Eliyahu Behar, Adi ^a,b   Yahalom Mack, Naama ^a,b   Shilstein, Sana ^a,b   Zukerman, Alexander ^c   Shafer Elliott, Cynthia ^d   Maeir, Aren M ^e   Boaretto, Elisabetta ^b   Finkelstein, Israel ^a   Weiner, Steve ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c W F Albright Institute of Archaeological Research   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bronze crucible; Iron Age IIA; Iron production; Microarchaeology; Philistia; Philistines; Slag; Tuy res

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE; IRON; IRON AGE; METALLURGY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 82155168271     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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