David L Peterson
Idaho State University, CAMAS, Department Member
- Archaeology, Eurasian Prehistory, Anthropology, Archaeological Science, Archaeometry, Archaeometallurgy, and 60 moreArchaeology of the Eurasian steppe belt, Metallurgy, Trade, Paleolithic Europe, Pottery, Ancient Metallurgy, Prehistoric Technology, Ancient Mining and Metallurgy, Exchange, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), Eurasian Nomads, Early Bronze Age (Archaeology), Eurasia, Central Eurasian Studies, Archaeology of Caucasus, Hoodoo and Obeah, Silk Road Studies, Archaeology of Central Asia, Bronze Age Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Archaeology of Colonialism, European Archaeology, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Bronze Age (Archaeology), Middle Bronze Age, South Caucasus, Copper age, European Prehistory (Archaeology), Caucasus, Development of complex societies, Near Eastern Archaeology, Eurasian archaeology, Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Bronze, Neolithic & Chalcolithic Archaeology, Mediterranean archaeology, Ancient Technology (Archaeology), Agency (Archaeological Theory), Early Bronze Age, Consumption and Material Culture, Anatolian Archaeology, Archeometallurgy, Cross-cultural interaction (Archaeology), Armenian Studies, Ancient Near East (Archaeology), Archaeological Theory, Scythian and other Eurasian Nomadic Horse Warrior Cultures, Archaeology of Ritual, Metallography, Memory and materiality, Balkan prehistory, Armenia, Late Bronze Age, Survey (Archaeological Method & Theory), Balkan archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Iron Age, Prehistoric Europe (Archaeology), Archaeology and politics, and History of the Volga-Kama Regionedit
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Early metallurgy has long been an important aspect of accounts of prehistoric culture and society in the Caucasus. Interest has often focused on its economic importance and sources of raw materials, especially the tin needed to make... more
Early metallurgy has long been an important aspect of accounts of prehistoric culture and society in the Caucasus. Interest has often focused on its economic importance and sources of raw materials,
especially the tin needed to make bronze. While origins, economy, and sources are important to the study of prehistoric metallurgy, they do not satisfactorily explain the role of metalwork in burials or other ceremonial contexts, nor the lengths people went to in order to produce or acquire even a few metal objects. These are better approached from the perspective of the value people attached to objects and actions, which may be addressed in archaeology through correspondences between the ways in which groups of objects were made and used. This further relates to the choices and skill with which goals were met in production. This article examines evidence for early metal making practices in 3rd millennium BC metalwork from Velikent site in present day Republic of Daghestan, Russia. Patterns in metal making and metal use provide a basis for examining interactions in ancient Eurasia, in which metalwork articulated connections between individuals as well as local and distant groups.
especially the tin needed to make bronze. While origins, economy, and sources are important to the study of prehistoric metallurgy, they do not satisfactorily explain the role of metalwork in burials or other ceremonial contexts, nor the lengths people went to in order to produce or acquire even a few metal objects. These are better approached from the perspective of the value people attached to objects and actions, which may be addressed in archaeology through correspondences between the ways in which groups of objects were made and used. This further relates to the choices and skill with which goals were met in production. This article examines evidence for early metal making practices in 3rd millennium BC metalwork from Velikent site in present day Republic of Daghestan, Russia. Patterns in metal making and metal use provide a basis for examining interactions in ancient Eurasia, in which metalwork articulated connections between individuals as well as local and distant groups.
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Research Interests: Eurasian Nomads, Eurasia, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), Archaeometry, Bronze Age Archaeology, and 18 moreCentral Eurasian Studies, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Archaeometallurgy, Bronze Age (Archaeology), Early Bronze Age (Archaeology), Eurasian Prehistory, Eurasian Pastoralists, History of the Volga-Kama Region, Social Archaeometry, Copper extraction and production, Copper, Copper Artefacts, Copper age, Copper and Tin, Bronze Age Copper and Copper Alloy Artefacts, Russian and History: history of the peoples of the Volga-Ural Region, Russian and Soviet History: History of the peoples of the Volga-Ural Region, and Russian Archaeology
Research Interests: Archaeology, Metallurgy, Archaeometry, Prehistoric Technology, Archaeology of Caucasus, and 10 moreArchaeometallurgy, Early Bronze Age (Archaeology), Trade, Pottery, Ancient Metallurgy, Archaeometallurgy, Mineralogy, Archaeometry, Exchange, Ancient Mining and Metallurgy, Dagestan, and Social Change During the Early Bronze Age
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Published on Apr 8, 2013 Assistant Professor of Anthropology David Peterson, Idaho State University, discusses his research using EMSL's high spatial resolution secondary ion mass spectrometer, or NanoSIMS, to study the gold gilding on... more
Published on Apr 8, 2013
Assistant Professor of Anthropology David Peterson, Idaho State University, discusses his research using EMSL's high spatial resolution secondary ion mass spectrometer, or NanoSIMS, to study the gold gilding on jewelry found in cemeteries along the prehistoric Silk Road in Samara, Russia.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology David Peterson, Idaho State University, discusses his research using EMSL's high spatial resolution secondary ion mass spectrometer, or NanoSIMS, to study the gold gilding on jewelry found in cemeteries along the prehistoric Silk Road in Samara, Russia.