Ancient Tin Sources
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ABSTRACT: This lecture begins with an overview of the Jemdet Nasr period (ca. 3,100 – 2,900 BCE), looking at trends, the emergence of writing (including summing up briefly the prehistoric foundations), developments in art (particularly... more
A brief summary of the Old Assyrian period and its extensive and well-documented trading system written for a general audience. The story of the landscape, politics and culture of Western Asia during the early Middle Bronze Age is told... more
SUMMARY: Lecture 7 summarizes the Early Bronze Age in Anatolia, beginning with the Secondary Products Revolution, copper working, and the nature of EB I-II and EB III occupation across different parts of Anatolia. This lecture is designed... more
An unexpected new source of tin was recently located at Hisarcık, in the foothills of the Mount Erciyes volcano in the Kayseri Plain, close to the Bronze Age town of Ku ̈ltepe, ancient Kanesh and home to a colony of Assyrian traders.... more
Archeologia Żywa, Nr 2 (84) 2022, s. 63-69 https://archeologia.com.pl/