Spatial investigation of technological choice and recycling in copper-base metallurgy of the South Caucasus

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dc.contributor.authorHo, Joyce W. I.
dc.contributor.authorErb-Satullo, Nathaniel L.
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-08T12:07:55Z
dc.date.available2021-03-08T12:07:55Z
dc.date.freetoread2023-02-26
dc.date.issued2021-02-25
dc.description.abstractRecent research has brought the prolific bronze industry of Bronze Age Colchis (modern western Georgia) into focus, but many aspects are still poorly understood. This study synthesises and re‐interprets legacy copper‐alloy compositional data to investigate technological choices and spatial patterning. It reveals a massive injection of fresh copper into the system during Late Bronze‐Early Iron Age, and a high degree of selectivity in the alloys used for different objects, with colour being as important as hardness in determining these choices. Spatial analyses show significant geographic variability in alloying practices, which map onto topographic zones in unexpected ways. We also explore recycling practices and argue that the term encompasses a range of different re‐use activities, which may be employed under differing economic conditions. Finally, the data suggest relatively extensive primary alloying of tin and copper in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, which further substantiates the speculation that some local tin sources were exploited.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationHo JWI, Erb-Satullo NL. (2021) Spatial investigation of technological choice and recycling in copper-base metallurgy of the South Caucasus. Archaeometry, Volume 63, Issue 6, December 2021, pp. 1306-1326en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0003-813X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12668
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16448
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWileyen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectMetallurgyen_UK
dc.subjectBronze Ageen_UK
dc.subjectTechnologyen_UK
dc.subjectSpatial analysisen_UK
dc.subjectLegacy dataen_UK
dc.subjectCaucasusen_UK
dc.subjectBlack Seaen_UK
dc.titleSpatial investigation of technological choice and recycling in copper-base metallurgy of the South Caucasusen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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