TY - JOUR
T1 - An Iron IIA Iron and Bronze Workshop in the Lower City of Tell es-Safi/Gath
AU - Workman, Vanessa
AU - Maeir, Aren M.
AU - Dagan, Amit
AU - Regev, Johanna
AU - Boaretto, Elisabetta
AU - Eliyahu-Behar, Adi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University 2020.
PY - 2020/7/2
Y1 - 2020/7/2
N2 - An iron and bronze workshop in the lower city of Tell es-Safi/Gath, dated to the mid-late Iron IIA, contributes new data on the chronology, organization, and practice of metal production in the urban Philistine setting. Analyses show that iron objects were likely produced and maintained on a large scale, alongside bronze, employing regionally unique forms of crucibles and tuyères. The material culture of metalworking is discussed in relation to contemporaneous iron production sites in the region, building a more robust picture of the adoption of iron metallurgy in the Levant versus the status of bronze and iron.
AB - An iron and bronze workshop in the lower city of Tell es-Safi/Gath, dated to the mid-late Iron IIA, contributes new data on the chronology, organization, and practice of metal production in the urban Philistine setting. Analyses show that iron objects were likely produced and maintained on a large scale, alongside bronze, employing regionally unique forms of crucibles and tuyères. The material culture of metalworking is discussed in relation to contemporaneous iron production sites in the region, building a more robust picture of the adoption of iron metallurgy in the Levant versus the status of bronze and iron.
KW - Copper/bronze working
KW - Iron IIA
KW - Iron production
KW - Metal crafts
KW - Philistia
KW - Tell es-Safi/Gath
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U2 - 10.1080/03344355.2020.1820040
DO - 10.1080/03344355.2020.1820040
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AN - SCOPUS:85095433712
SN - 0334-4355
VL - 47
SP - 208
EP - 236
JO - Tel Aviv
JF - Tel Aviv
IS - 2
ER -