The beginning of Iron Age copper production in the southern Levant: New evidence from Khirbat al-Jariya, Faynan, Jordan

Erez Ben-Yosef; Thomas E. Levy; Thomas Higham; Mohammad Najjar; Lisa Tauxe

doi:10.1017/S0003598X00100195

The beginning of Iron Age copper production in the southern Levant: New evidence from Khirbat al-Jariya, Faynan, Jordan

Erez Ben-Yosef^*, Thomas E. Levy, Thomas Higham, Mohammad Najjar, Lisa Tauxe

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Abstract

The authors have explored the workplace and house of copper workers of the early Iron Age (twelfth to tenth century BC) in Jordan's Wadi Faynan copper ore district, showing that it belongs in time between the collapse of the great Bronze Age states and the arrival of Egyptians in the area under Sheshonq I. They attribute this production to local tribes - perhaps those engaged in building the biblical kingdom of Edom.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	724-746
Number of pages	23
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	84
Issue number	325
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00100195
State	Published - Sep 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Archaeomagnetism
Copper archaeometallurgy
Edom
Iron Age
Radiocarbon

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