An Iron IIA Iron and Bronze Workshop in the Lower City of Tell es-Safi/Gath

An iron and bronze workshop in the lower city of Tell es-Safi/Gath, dated to the mid-late Iron IIA, contributes new data on the chronology, organization, and practice of metal production in the urban Philistine setting. Analyses show that iron objects were likely produced and maintained on a large s...

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Authors: Workman, Vanessa (Author) ; Maʾir, Aharon 1958- (Author) ; Dagan, Amit (Author) ; Regev, Johanna (Author) ; Boaretto, Elisabetta (Author) ; Eliyahu-Behar, Adi (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2020
In: Tel Aviv
Year: 2020, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 208-236
Further subjects:B Philistia
B Metal crafts
B bronze working / Copper
B Tell es-Safi / Gath
B Iron IIA
B Iron production
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Summary:An iron and bronze workshop in the lower city of Tell es-Safi/Gath, dated to the mid-late Iron IIA, contributes new data on the chronology, organization, and practice of metal production in the urban Philistine setting. Analyses show that iron objects were likely produced and maintained on a large scale, alongside bronze, employing regionally unique forms of crucibles and tuyères. The material culture of metalworking is discussed in relation to contemporaneous iron production sites in the region, building a more robust picture of the adoption of iron metallurgy in the Levant versus the status of bronze and iron.
ISSN:2040-4786
Contains:Enthalten in: Tel Aviv
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/03344355.2020.1820040