Journal
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 35, Issue 11, Pages 2863-2879Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.05.016
Keywords
archaeometallurgy; copper slag; slag deposits; archaeointensity; paleomagnetism; secular variations; Timna; Faynan; chalcolithic
Funding
- Israel Science Foundation [1334/05]
- US-Israel Binational Science Foundation [2004/98]
- NSF [EAR0636051]
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We present results from an archaeointensity investigation based on a relatively unexploited recording medium, copper slag deposits. Together with a recently improved experimental design for the archaeointensity experiment, we demonstrate the applicability of this medium, as well as other archaeometallurgical artifacts, for the study of the ancient geomagnetic field intensity. In addition to archaeointensity data from well-dated archaeological contexts, we obtained reliable archaeointensity results from poorly dated or contentious archaeometallurgical sites in the Southern Levant. These results shed new light on the dating of these sites, among them the copper smelting installation of Timna 39b a site that has important implications for the beginning of metallurgy during the fifth millennium BCE. The paper also aims to introduce archaeointensity research to the archaeologist scholar, and to encourage further collaboration between the disciplines in future research. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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