Copper-melting crucibles from the surface of Altyn-Depe, Turkmenistan (ca 2500-2000 BC)

Ten crucible fragments collected at a single location on the surface of Altyn-Depe, most probably datable to the second half of the 3rd millennium BC, have been studied and analysed by the means of different techniques. The research provides new information on Middle Bronze Age (Namazga V) copper-ba...

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Published in:Paléorient 2006-01, Vol.32 (2), p.157-174
Main Authors: Masioli, Elisia, Vidale, Massimo, Artioli, Domenico, Bianchetti, Pierluigi, Guida, Giuseppe, Sidoti, Giancarlo, Di Pilato, Sergio, Salvatori, Sandro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alloys
Arsenic
Bronze age
Copper
Crucibles
Furnaces
Gypsum
Metal industry
Metallurgy
Methodology and general studies
Prehistory and protohistory
Quartz
Slag
Typology, technology and attribute analysis
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Summary:Ten crucible fragments collected at a single location on the surface of Altyn-Depe, most probably datable to the second half of the 3rd millennium BC, have been studied and analysed by the means of different techniques. The research provides new information on Middle Bronze Age (Namazga V) copper-based metallurgy at this important southern Turkmenian early urban site. À Altyn Tepe, dix fragments de creusets datant très probablement de la seconde moitié du IIIe millénaire ont été trouvés en surface du site, groupés en un seul endroit. Leur analyse, par différentes techniques d'observation, apporte des informations nouvelles sur la métallurgie à base de cuivre et de bronze de ce site proto-urbain du Turkménistan (Bronze Moyen, Namazga V).
ISSN:0153-9345
1957-701X