Jonathan M. Golden

Dawn of the Metal Age (eBook, ePUB)

Technology and Society During the Levantine Chalcolithic

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The fifth millennium BCE was a period of rapid social change. One of the key factors was the developments in technology which led to the rise of the metals industry. Archaeological finds from sites dating to the Chalcolithic period indicate the production and use of copper. 'Dawn of the Metal Age' examines a range of sites - from copper mines in Jordan and Israel to the villages of the northern Negev where copper was produced in household workshops, to a series of cave burials where a range of luxury metal goods were buried with the elite members of Chalcolithic society. Ancient technology is reconstructed from the archaeological evidence, which also illuminates the changing economic, social, religious and political environment of the time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134946778
• Artikelnr.: 44875451

Autorenporträt

Authored by Golden, Jonathan M.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface by Thomas E. Levy
Chapter One: The Dawn of the Metal Age
Chapter Two: Leaving the Neolithic
Chapter Three: The Northern Negev Copper Boom
Chapter Four: Elite Tombs of the Chalcolithic Mortuary Evidence and Social Organization
Chapter Five: Cornets and Copper - A Metallurgical Perspective on Chalcolithic Chronology
Chapter Six: A Model for Specialized Craft Production
Chapter Seven: Copper Production at Abu Matar
Chapter Eight: The Seduction of the Industry
Chapter Nine: Technology and Society
Chapter Ten: Production and Social Organization during the Chalcolithic
Chapter 11: Conclusion.