A new approach for geomagnetic archaeointensity research: insights on ancient metallurgy in the Southern Levant |
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| Authors: | E Ben-Yosef L Tauxe H Ron A Agnon U Avner M Najjar TE Levy |
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| Institution: | 1. University of California San Diego, Department of Anthropology, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA;2. Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel;3. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, California, USA;4. The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, Israel;5. Department of Antiquity, Amman, Jordan |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | Archaeometallurgy Copper slag Slag deposits Archaeointensity Paleomagnetism Secular variations Timna Faynan Chalcolithic |
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