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Over the decades, Anatolian metal artefacts have been the focus of scientific analysis. In this volume Aslihan Yener provides an analysis of the organization of production within a broader social context, based on his field work, surveys, excavations and analytical programmes regarding transformations in metallurgy. Yener introduces convincing evidence for a revision of existing models concerning the metal industry. He locates a core of technological innovation in the highland zones, where critical resources are in close proximity to the developing polities in the fertile, agricultural lowlands. The Early Bronze Age tin mine, Kestel, and the contemporary workshop and habitation site of nearby Gultepe, illustrate an industrial complex specializing in the production of tin metal. Metallurgical data explains the organization and management of a range of interactive technologies in prehistoric states in Anatolia from 8000-2000 BC.

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'Die Arbeit uberzeugt also nicht nur durch ihre Argumentation, sondern auch durch die Begleitdokumentation und der Verfasser verdient fur diese synthetische, ubersichtliche und aktuelle Bearbeitung eines wichtigen Themas unseren Dank.' Jana Siegelova, Bibliotheca Orientalis, 2002.

' Die Arbeit uberzeugt also nicht nur durch ihre Argumentation, sondern auch durch die Begleitdokumentation und der Verfasser verdient fur diese synthetische, ubersichtliche und aktuelle Bearbeitung eines wichtigen Themas unseren Dank. ' Jana Siegelova, Bibliotheca Orientalis , 2002.

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K. Aslihan Yener, (Ph.D. 1980) in Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, New York, is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago. She has directed several excavations in Turkey and published extensively on archaeometallurgy, trade and craft technology.

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