The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: Evolution, Organisation and Consumption of Early Metal in the Balkans

Aleksandar Jablanovic, Barbara S. Ottaway, Benjamin W. Roberts, David C. Orton, David Orton, Dragana Antonovic, Dragana Filipovic, Elmira Ibragimova, Enrica Bonato, Ernst Pernicka, Evgeniy N. Chernykh, Ivana Dimitrijevic, Jelena Bulatovic, Johannes Muller, Jugoslav Pendic, Julka Kuzmanovic Cvetkovic, Kai Radloff, Knut Rassmann, Marina Milic, Marija Savic, Marko Porcic, Martin Furholt, Martin Rittner, Milica Rajicic, Miljana Radivojevic, Mladen Nikolic, Miroslav Maric, Neda Mirkovic-Maric, Nils Muller-Scheessel, Patrick Mertl, Patrick Quinn, Roman Scholz, Selena Vitezovic, Silvia Amicone, Stephen J. Shennan, Thilo Rehren, Vidan Dimic

ISBN 10: 180327042X / ISBN 13: 9781803270425

Edité par see below, 2021

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2021 Archaeopress large format paperback edition.Light reading wear else very good condition.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The birth of archaeometallurgy in Serbia: a reflection,
Chapter 2 The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: Evolution, organisation and consumption of early metal in the Balkans: an introduction to the project,
Chapter 3 Balkan metallurgy and society, 6200-3700 BC,
Chapter 4 The Vinca culture: an overview,
Chapter 5 Introduction to Belovode and results of archaeometallurgical research 1993-2012,
Chapter 6 Introduction to Plocnik and results of research 1996-2011,
Chapter 7 Excavation methodology for Belovode and Plocnik,
Chapter 8 Belovode: landscape and settlement perspectives,
Chapter 9 Belovode: geomagnetic data as a proxy for house numbers, population size and internal spatial structure,
Chapter 10 Belovode: excavation results,
Chapter 11 Belovode: technology of metal production,
Chapter 12 Pottery from Trench 18 at Belovode,
Chapter 13 Chronological attribution of pottery from Trench 18 at Belovode,
Chapter 14 Belovode: technology of pottery production,
Chapter 15 Figurines from Belovode,
Chapter 16 Ground and abrasive stone tools from Belovode,
Chapter 17 Bone industry from Belovode,
Chapter 18 Chipped stone industry at Belovode,
Chapter 19 Chemical and technological analyses of obsidian from Belovode,
Chapter 20 Archaeobotanical evidence of plant use at Belovode,
Chapter 21 Animal remains from Belovode,
Chapter 22 Belovode: past, present and future,
Chapter 23 Plocnik: landscape and settlement perspectives,
Chapter 24 Plocnik: geomagnetic prospection data as a proxy for house numbers, population size and internal spatial structure,
Chapter 25 Plocnik: excavation results,
Chapter 26 Plocnik: technology of metal production,
Chapter 27 Pottery from Trench 24 at Plocnik,
Chapter 28 Chronological attribution of pottery from Trench 24 at Plocnik,
Chapter 29 Plocnik: technology of pottery production,
Chapter 30 Figurines from Plocnik,
Chapter 31 Ground and abrasive stone tools from Plocnik,
Chapter 32 Bone industry from Plocnik, Chapter 33 Chipped stone industry at Plocnik,
Chapter 34 Plant use at Plocnik,
Chapter 35 Animal remains from Plocnik,
Chapter 36 Plocnik: past, present and future,
Chapter 37 Relative and absolute chronology of Belovode and Plocnik,
Chapter 38 Social organisation of Vinca culture settlements: New evidence from magnetic and excavation data,
Chapter 39 Belovode and Plocnik: site visibility and remotely sensed data,
Chapter 40 Population size and dynamics at Belovode and Plocnik,
Chapter 41 Metallurgical knowledge and supply networks in the 5th millennium BC Balkans: Belovode and Plocnik in regional context,
Chapter 42 Pottery typology and relative chronology of Belovode and Plocnik: concluding remarks,
Chapter 43 Pottery technology at the dawn of metallurgy in the Vinca culture,
Chapter 44 Belovode and Plocnik figurines in their wider context,
Chapter 45 Ground and abrasive stone tools from Belovode and Plocnik: concluding remarks,
Chapter 46 Bone tool technology at Belovode and Plocnik,
Chapter 47 Chipped stone industries in the Vinca culture,
Chapter 48 Geochemical characterisation of chipped stones from Belovode and Plocnik,
Chapter 49 Belovode obsidian in a regional context,
Chapter 50 Plant consumption at Belovode and Plocnik: a comparison,
Chapter 51 Evidence for animal use in the central Balkan Neolithic across the early metallurgical horizon: animal remains from Belovode and Plocnik in context,
Chapter 52 Balkan metallurgy in a Eurasian context, and Chapter 53 Where do we take global early metallurgy studies next?

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: Evolution, Organisation and Consumption of Early Metal in the Balkans
• Éditeur: see below
• Date de parution: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 180327042X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781803270425
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Ancient World

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Synopsis

'The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia' is a landmark study in the origins of metallurgy. The project aimed to trace the invention and innovation of metallurgy in the Balkans. It combined targeted excavations and surveys with extensive scientific analyses at two Neolithic-Chalcolithic copper production and consumption sites, Belovode and Pločnik, in Serbia. At Belovode, the project revealed chronologically and contextually secure evidence for copper smelting in the 49th century BC. This confirms the earlier interpretation of c. 7000-year-old metallurgy at the site, making it the earliest record of fully developed metallurgical activity in the world. However, far from being a rare and elite practice, metallurgy at both Belovode and Pločnik is demonstrated to have been a common and communal craft activity. This monograph reviews the pre-existing scholarship on early metallurgy in the Balkans. It subsequently presents detailed results from the excavations, surveys and scientific analyses conducted at Belovode and Pločnik. These are followed by new and up-to-date regional syntheses by leading specialists on the Neolithic-Chalcolithic material culture, technologies, settlement and subsistence practices in the Central Balkans. Finally, the monograph places the project results in the context of major debates surrounding early metallurgy in Eurasia before proposing a new agenda for global early metallurgy studies.

À propos de l'auteur

Miljana Radivojević holds the Archaeomaterials Lectureship at the UCL Institute of Archaeology (UK), where she graduated in Archaeometallurgy. She has spent more than 20 years publishing on early metallurgy in the Balkans and southwest Asia and the role of aesthetics in the invention of novel technologies. ; Benjamin Roberts has spent over 20 years researching and publishing on European Copper and Bronze Age archaeology and frequently metallurgy and metal objects across Europe. He co-edited with Chris Thornton Archaeometallurgy in Global perspective: Methods and Syntheses (2014) and is currently leading Project Ancient Tin. ; Miroslav Marić is a specialist in the Neolithic-Bronze Age of the central Balkans at the Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia. He is the field director of the Gradište Iđoš project. ; Julka Kuzmanović-Cvetković was the Senior Custodian (now retired) at the Homeland Museum of Toplica in Prokuplje, Serbia. She spent more than four decades excavating the site of Pločnik, and developed a unique open air archaeo-park on the site that attracts tourists from the region, and across the globe. ; Prof Thilo Rehren is the A.G. Leventis Professor for Archaeological Sciences and Director of the Science and Technology, Nicosia, Cyprus.