Raw material variability as archaeological tools: Preliminary results from a geochemical study of the basalt vessel workshop at Iron Age Tel Hazor, Israel

Raw material variability as archaeological tools: Preliminary results from a geochemical study of the basalt vessel workshop at Iron Age Tel Hazor, Israel

The discovery of a basalt vessel workshop at Tel Hazor, one of the most important Iron Age sites in the Near East, marks a turning point in our understanding of stone artifact production and distribution during the1st millennium BCE. It offers a rare opportunity to characterize ancient raw material...

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Main Authors: Tatjana Gluhak, Danny Rosenberg, Jennie Ebeling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Lithic Studies
Subjects:
ground stone tools
basalt vessels
workshop
geochemistry
Iron Age
Tel Hazor
Online Access:http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1677

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http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1677

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