Large scale smelting of speiss and arsenical copper at Early Bronze Age Arisman, Iran

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1717-1727

  Rehren, Thilo ^a   Boscher, Loïc ^a   Pernicka, Ernst ^b  

^a HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alloy; Arisman; Arsenic; Copper; Early Bronze Age; Iran; Smelting

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARSENIC; BRONZE AGE; COPPER; METALLURGY; SLAG; SMELTING;

IRAN;

EID: 84860624240     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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