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Zusatztext
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<P>The book deals with the ancient exploitation and production of copper, exemplified by the mining district of Faynan, Jordan. It is an interdisciplinary study that comprises (mining-) archaeological and scientific aspects. The development of organizational patterns and technological improvements of mining and smelting through the ages (5th millennium BC to Roman Byzantine period), in a specific mining region, is discussed.</P>
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Autorenportrait
- <P>Andreas Hauptmann is a trained mineralogist and is concurrently head of the Research Group for Archaeometallurgy at the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Bochum and a professor of archaeometry at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Born in 1950, his research has focused on early mining and metallurgy, and the analysis of copper, bronze, iron, gold and pottery. He has led and been involved in major expeditions to Jordan, Oman and Georgia and has participated in many excavations in Germany, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Greece, Syria and Cyprus.</P>
Detailansicht
The Archaeometallurgy of Copper
eBook - Evidence from Faynan, Jordan, Natural Science in Archaeology
ISBN/EAN: 9783540722380
Umbreit-Nr.: 1687825
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 388 S., 35.19 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 03.12.2007
Auflage: 1/2007
E-Book
Format: PDF
DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen