The Archaeometallurgy of Copper: Evidence from Faynan, Jordan

Author:   Andreas Hauptmann
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
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9783642091377


Pages:   388
Publication Date:   23 November 2010
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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 organizational 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.

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Author:   Andreas Hauptmann
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.611kg
ISBN:  

9783642091377


ISBN 10:   3642091377
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   23 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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From the reviews: ""This book treats a much wider range of subjects than what one would expect from the title. … The text is easy and pleasantly written with a surprisingly wide multidisciplinary background of knowledge and modern analytical techniques. … The book is superbly produced, with high-quality illustrations, some in colour, and has an enormous amount of data over the broad spectrum of geology-mineralogy-metallurgy-archeology. It is very stimulating reading beyond the usual feed of economic geologists, and recalls the deep roots of our business."" (Bernd Lehmann, Economic Geology, Vol. 103 (2), 2008) Aus den Resensionen: “Das Buch ... mit dem anspruchsvollen Titel ... könnte den Eindruck erwecken, die immer wieder diskutierten Fragen des Wann und Wie seien nun eindeutig und endgültig beantwortet. Der Autor, ein erfahrener Mineraloge, ist viel ... sachkundig, ... Seine Publikation ist vielmehr ein wichtiger Beitrag zum Allgemeinthema ‘Frühes Kupfer‘. ... Die Gliederung des Buchinhalts folgt einer logischen Sequenz. ... Er hat aus der fülle der analytischen und verfahrenstechnischen Details und Erkenntnisse bleibende kulturgeschichtliche Folgerungen gezogen, die für Archäologen ... gleichermaßen informativ und wegweisend sind, wie für Archäometallurgen.“ (Prof. Dr. Hans-Gert Bachmann, in: Der Anschnitt, 2009, Vol. 61, Issue 4, S. 284 ff.)


From the reviews: This book treats a much wider range of subjects than what one would expect from the title. ! The text is easy and pleasantly written with a surprisingly wide multidisciplinary background of knowledge and modern analytical techniques. ! The book is superbly produced, with high-quality illustrations, some in colour, and has an enormous amount of data over the broad spectrum of geology-mineralogy-metallurgy-archeology. It is very stimulating reading beyond the usual feed of economic geologists, and recalls the deep roots of our business. (Bernd Lehmann, Economic Geology, Vol. 103 (2), 2008) Aus den Resensionen: Das Buch ... mit dem anspruchsvollen Titel ... konnte den Eindruck erwecken, die immer wieder diskutierten Fragen des Wann und Wie seien nun eindeutig und endgultig beantwortet. Der Autor, ein erfahrener Mineraloge, ist viel ... sachkundig, ... Seine Publikation ist vielmehr ein wichtiger Beitrag zum Allgemeinthema 'Fruhes Kupfer'. ... Die Gliederung des Buchinhalts folgt einer logischen Sequenz. ... Er hat aus der fulle der analytischen und verfahrenstechnischen Details und Erkenntnisse bleibende kulturgeschichtliche Folgerungen gezogen, die fur Archaologen ... gleichermassen informativ und wegweisend sind, wie fur Archaometallurgen. (Prof. Dr. Hans-Gert Bachmann, in: Der Anschnitt, 2009, Vol. 61, Issue 4, S. 284 ff.)


From the reviews: This book treats a much wider range of subjects than what one would expect from the title. ... The text is easy and pleasantly written with a surprisingly wide multidisciplinary background of knowledge and modern analytical techniques. ... The book is superbly produced, with high-quality illustrations, some in colour, and has an enormous amount of data over the broad spectrum of geology-mineralogy-metallurgy-archeology. It is very stimulating reading beyond the usual feed of economic geologists, and recalls the deep roots of our business. (Bernd Lehmann, Economic Geology, Vol. 103 (2), 2008) Aus den Resensionen: Das Buch ... mit dem anspruchsvollen Titel ... koennte den Eindruck erwecken, die immer wieder diskutierten Fragen des Wann und Wie seien nun eindeutig und endgultig beantwortet. Der Autor, ein erfahrener Mineraloge, ist viel ... sachkundig, ... Seine Publikation ist vielmehr ein wichtiger Beitrag zum Allgemeinthema `Fruhes Kupfer`. ... Die Gliederung des Buchinhalts folgt einer logischen Sequenz. ... Er hat aus der fulle der analytischen und verfahrenstechnischen Details und Erkenntnisse bleibende kulturgeschichtliche Folgerungen gezogen, die fur Archaologen ... gleichermassen informativ und wegweisend sind, wie fur Archaometallurgen. (Prof. Dr. Hans-Gert Bachmann, in: Der Anschnitt, 2009, Vol. 61, Issue 4, S. 284 ff.)


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Andreas Hauptmann is a trained mineralogist and is concurrently head of the Research Group for Archaeometallurgy at the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Bochum and a professor of archaeometry at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Born in 1950, his research has focused on early mining and metallurgy, and the analysis of copper, bronze, iron, gold and pottery. He has led and been involved in major expeditions to Jordan, Oman and Georgia and has participated in many excavations in Germany, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Greece, Syria and Cyprus.

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