Goldwork in Ancient Egypt: Workshop practices at Qurneh in the 2nd Intermediate Period

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 219-226

  Troalen, Lore G ^a   Tate, Jim ^a   Guerra, Maria Filomena ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Egypt; Gold alloys; Polychromy; Qurneh; Recycling; Solder

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GOLD; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; METALLURGY; ALLOY; COPPER; ORE DEPOSIT; RECYCLING; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; TOOL USE;

EGYPT;

EID: 84905459152     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.07.010     Document Type: Review

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