Archaeological comment to E. Pernicka's et al. "Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age copper artefacts from the Balkans and their relation to Serbian copper ores" (in this fascicle)

1993 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Borislav Jovanović
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Copper Ores

Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age copper artefacts from the Balkans and their relation to Serbian copper ores

1993 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernst Pernicka ◽  
Friedrich Begemann ◽  
Sigrid Schmitt-Strecker ◽  
Günther Adolf Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Copper Ores

scholarly journals RADIOCARBON DATING THE 3RD MILLENNIUM BC IN THE CENTRAL BALKANS: A RE-EXAMINATION OF THE EARLY BRONZE AGE SEQUENCE

Radiocarbon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 1163-1191
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Bulatović ◽  
Maja Gori ◽  
Marc Vander Linden
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
The Body ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Funerary Architecture ◽  
Age Sequence ◽  
Funerary Treatment

ABSTRACTLong-standing archaeological narratives suggest that the 3rd millennium cal BC is a key period in Mediterranean and European prehistory, characterized by the development of extensive interaction networks. In the Balkans for instance, the identification of such interactions relies solely upon typological arguments associated with conflicting local terminologies. Through a combination of 25 new radiocarbon (14C) dates and re-examination of the existing documentation, this paper defines the absolute chronology for groups which were previously only broadly framed into the 3rd millennium BC central Balkans (modern-day Serbia and North Macedonia). These absolute dates allow us to establish with greater clarity the chronological relations between different cultural groups that represent the main cultural units of the central Balkans sequence for the 3rd millennium cal BC: Coţofeni-Kostolac, Bubanj-Hum II, Belotić-Bela Crkva, Armenochori, and Bubanj Hum III. When comparing together the chronologies for material culture, funerary treatment of the body, and funerary architecture, there are no easily discernible patterns. We observe instead a complex mix of traits criss-crossing over a wide area encompassing the Pannonian basin, the central Balkans and the Greek peninsula.

Regional and Local Schools of Metalwork in Early Bronze Age Anatolia Part I

1984 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 59-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jak Yakar
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
The Past ◽  
Local Schools ◽  
Geological Surveys ◽  
Ancient Metallurgy ◽  
Work Done

The past few years have witnessed a surge of interest in the development of ancient metallurgy in the Near East, and in particular, in Anatolia. Most of the work done in this field however, with the exception of analytical studies conducted in laboratories and geological surveys, hardly goes beyond the re-examination of known historical, archaeological and geological data. The results, as can be expected, are derived mainly from the re-evaluation of previous conclusions on the development of early technologies and the emergence of major production centres in the Aegean, Anatolia and Eastern Mediterranean.Until a few years ago the origins of southeast European metallurgy were thought to be in northwest Anatolia. This traditional thesis of diffusion from the Troad to the Aegean and into the Balkans had rested on the chronological argument that the Chalcolithic cultures of Old Europe were contemporary with the EB I in Anatolia and the Aegean. The “diffusionists” lost substantial support for their theory when the chronological priority of Old European cultures based on tree-ring calibrated C-14 dates over the more traditional Near Eastern chronology was generally accepted.

scholarly journals Lead isotopic analyses of copper ores in the Early Bronze Age central Hexi Corridor, north‐west China

Archaeometry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 952-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Chen ◽  
Y. Cui ◽  
R. Liu ◽  
H. Wang ◽  
Y. Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Hexi Corridor ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
West China ◽  
North West ◽  
Isotopic Analyses ◽  
Copper Ores

Two Early Helladic II terracotta rollers from Asine and their glyptic context

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 81-96
Author(s):  
Michael Lindblom ◽  
Gullög Nordquist ◽  
Hans Mommsen
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
The Third ◽  
Archaeological Perspective

Two Early Helladic II terracotta rollers from the Third Terrace at Asine are presented. The objects, used to impress relief decoration on pithoi and hearths, are unique in that no other examples are known from the Early Bronze Age Aegean. Their origin is discussed based on chemical characterization and their depositional contexts are reviewed from an archaeological perspective. Although there are no known impressions from these rollers on pithoi and hearths at Asine, it is shown that their owners surrounded themselves with different objects featuring similar glyptic impressions. Two such impressions find identical parallels at Tiryns and the combined evidence strongly suggest that Asine was the home for one or several potters who produced Early Helladic impressed hearths and pithoi.

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