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Archaeomagnetic Dating of Pyrotechnological Contexts: A Case Study for Copper Smelting Sites in the Central Timna Valley
Ian Peters, Lisa Tauxe, Erez Ben-Yosef · 2018
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- Type
- journal article and archaeomagnetic study
- Publication
- Archaeometry, vol. 60, no. 3, 554-570
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- date assertion Pastoral and copper-production networks of the Arabah — date assertioninforms · dates · archaeomagnetic contexts
Constrains production episodes.
- entity Pastoral and copper-production networks of the ArabahEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · archaeomagnetic contexts
Constrains production episodes.
- event Iron Age intensification and reorganization of Arabah copper productionEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · archaeomagnetic dates
Adds methodologically independent dating.
- causal hypothesis Polycentric Arabah copper-production modelEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · archaeomagnetic contexts
Independent test.
- date assertion Iron Age intensification and reorganization of Arabah copper production — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · archaeomagnetic dates
Adds methodologically independent dating.
- claim Large-scale Iron Age copper production in the Arabah does not by itself prove control by an early Edomite kingdom.Evidence confidence: very highinforms · dates · archaeomagnetic production phases
Confirms chronology.