TY - JOUR
T1 - On early metallurgy and textile-production technologies in the southern Levant
T2 - A response to Langgut et al. (2016)
AU - Ben-Yosef, Erez
AU - Shamir, Orit
AU - Levy, Janet
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Antiquity Publications Ltd.
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - In a recent article published in this journal, Langgut et al. (2016: 973) proposed five Late Chalcolithic (c. 4300-4000 BC) wooden shafts to be the earliest Near Eastern wooden spinning implements. Here we discuss these unique finds in light of their cultural and technological contexts, and suggest an alternative interpretation according to which these wooden shafts, one with a lead macehead lodged on its upper end, were components of the cultic practices of the southern Levantine Ghassulian culture.
AB - In a recent article published in this journal, Langgut et al. (2016: 973) proposed five Late Chalcolithic (c. 4300-4000 BC) wooden shafts to be the earliest Near Eastern wooden spinning implements. Here we discuss these unique finds in light of their cultural and technological contexts, and suggest an alternative interpretation according to which these wooden shafts, one with a lead macehead lodged on its upper end, were components of the cultic practices of the southern Levantine Ghassulian culture.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020280641&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.15184/aqy.2017.27
DO - 10.15184/aqy.2017.27
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AN - SCOPUS:85020280641
SN - 0003-598X
VL - 91
SP - 765
EP - 776
JO - Antiquity
JF - Antiquity
IS - 357
ER -