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Metallurgy and specialisation in Prepalatial Mesara, Crete

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Author	Tselios, Thomas
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	The purpose of this paper is to examine the technological knowledge and the technological level of copper metallurgy in the Mesara plain in Crete, during the Prepalatial period. In order to investigate this issue, objects from several (12) sites in the area were chosen for examination. In this way, the technological level of the area and each site could be safely ascertained. From the 55 objects that were examined, a very small sample was taken, which was the subject of metallographic and chemical analyses. By using these methods, the manufacturing processes for the production of each object, as well as the alloy that was used in each case, were identified. The combination of these two methods, along with typology of the objects and the number of objects produced at each site, provided safe conclusions as to the technological knowledge and the possible specialisation of metal production in each site and period. In the end, a lack of homogeneity in the Mesara plain was noticed as concerns the production of copper objects. Some sites seem to have a dominant position, with larger production and trading of metal artefacts, while other sites fail to provide any indication of metal production, and it is very possible that the metal objects were obtained from the neighbouring sites. Finally, the existence of specialised production is obvious in some sites in the Mesara plain, especially in the case of two groups of objects (triangular and long daggers), while the lack of organised and standardised production is obvious in the case of some other sites in the same area.
Starting Page	231
Ending Page	239
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18669557
Journal	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Volume Number	1
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	18669565
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2009-11-06
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Copper metallurgy Alloys Metallography Mesara Crete Anthropology Life Sciences Geography (general) Chemistry/Food Science Archaeology Earth Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Archeology Archeology (arts and humanities) Anthropology

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