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This book successfully connects archaeology and archaeometallurgy with geoscience and metallurgy. It addresses topics concerning ore deposits, archaeological field evidence of early metal production, and basic chemical-physical principles, as well as experimental ethnographic works on a low handicraft base and artisanal metal production to help readers better understand what happened in antiquity. The book is chiefly intended for scholars and students engaged in interdisciplinary work.

Geochemistry. --- Mineral resources. --- Archaeology. --- Materials science. --- Mineral Resources. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Deposits, Mineral --- Mineral deposits --- Mineral resources --- Mines and mining --- Mining --- Natural resources --- Geology, Economic --- Minerals --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Chemistry --- Earth sciences --- Metallurgy in archaeology. --- Archaeological metallurgy --- Archaeometallurgy --- Archaeology --- Methodology

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The results presented in this book originate from field research carried out by the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (hereafter called DBM) on the remains of early copper metallurgy in the area of Faynan, southern Jordan, between 1983 and 1993. It also contains results of later laboratory studies and fieldwork. This volume is a revised version of the German volume Zur frühen Metallurgie des Kupfers in Faynan, Jordanien,  which appeared in 2000 as supplement 11 of the journal Der Anschnitt.  The translation into English honors the wishes of many colleagues from the Near East and from English-speaking countries who have expressed the desire that a larger au- ence should have access to the research carried out on the ancient mining district and mining techniques. The translation was made possible by a generous grant from the foundation of the Institute for Aegean Prehistory  (Philadelphia, USA). Prof. Dr. Susanne Kerner, Mr. Hughe Barnes, and, in parts, Dr. Hans-Dieter Kind translated the book into the English version. Much of the editorial work was done by MA Kerstin Batzel and Mr. Guillaume Ewandé. The original research in the Faynan area was initiated within the framework of a larger project Research into the archaeometallurgy and archaeology of mining in Faynan and the southern Arabah-valley, Jordan  funded by the VolkswagenStiftung (Hanover, Germany). The original planning and groundbreaking work was carried out by the author. Since 1997, research was continued by and in close cooperation with Prof. Dr. Thomas Levy, University of California, San Diego (USA).

Geochemistry --- Rocks. Minerals --- History --- geochemie --- mineralogie --- geschiedenis

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The book deals with the ancient exploitation and production of copper, exemplified by the mining district of Faynan, Jordan. It is an interdisciplinary study that comprises (mining-) archaeological and scientific aspects. The development of organisational patterns and technological improvements of mining and smelting through the ages (5th millennium BC to Roman Byzantine period), in a specific mining region, is discussed. Principles of modern archaeometallurgy in the field and laboratory are explained. An important focus are mineralogical and chemical slag investigations and on the role of tra

Metal-work, Prehistoric --- Metallurgy --- Copper --- Metallurgy. --- Jordan --- Antiquities. --- Native element minerals --- Transition metals --- Oxygen --- Chemical engineering --- Metals --- Ores --- Smelting --- Metallurgy, Prehistoric --- Paleometallurgy --- Prehistoric metal-work --- Prehistoric metallurgy --- Industrial applications --- Mineralogy. --- Geochemistry. --- Mineral resources. --- History. --- Mineral Resources. --- History, general. --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Chemistry --- Earth sciences --- Physical geology --- Crystallography --- Minerals --- Deposits, Mineral --- Mineral deposits --- Mineral resources --- Mines and mining --- Mining --- Natural resources --- Geology, Economic