A5065616909- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
- Eurasian Exchange Networks
- Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Ancient Near East History
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Marine and environmental studies
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- International Law and Human Rights
- Peacebuilding and International Security
- Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
- Historical and Architectural Studies
- Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
- Balkans: History, Politics, Society
- Physical education and sports games research
- Philippine History and Culture
- Global Security and Public Health
- Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
- Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
University of Pennsylvania
2002-2024
California University of Pennsylvania
2023
University College London
2008-2023
University of Edinburgh
2023
University of Oxford
2020-2023
Communities In Schools of Orange County
2023
Penn Center for AIDS Research
2019
Philadelphia University
2017
Philadelphia History Museum
2016
George Mason University
2012
The authors reconsider the origins of metallurgy in Old World and offer us a new model which began c . eleventh/ninth millennium BC Southwest Asia due to desire adorn human body life death using colourful ores naturally-occurring metals. In early sixth techniques smelting were developed produce lead, copper, copper alloys eventually silver. come down firmly on side single invention, seeing subsequent cultural transmission technology as led by groups metalworkers following wake exotic objects metal.
Based on extensive fieldwork inside Libya, over 400 interviews and deep contextual knowledge, Libya’s Fragmentation is a major contribution to recent scholarship the war-torn North African count...
Summary. The Tarim Basin ‘mummies’ of western China continue to fascinate scholars and the general public alike due their ‘Caucasoid’ features, well‐preserved material culture, putative ‘European’ origins. However, there have been some uncritical efforts link these archaeological cultures those other ancient Eurasian groups (e.g. Celts) by applying syllogistic reasoning multi‐disciplinary evidence. In an attempt provide a more cautious synthesis prehistory Basin, this paper will briefly...
Journal Article All necessary measures? The United Nations and international intervention in Libya Get access Libya. By Ian Martin. London: Hurst. 2022. 224pp. £30.00. Isbn978 1 78738 584 9. Available as e-book. Christopher Thornton University of Oxford, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 99, Issue 2, March 2023, Pages 874–875, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad044 Published: 06 2023
The 1981 dissertation of Dennis L. Heskel (1982) on the development metal technology in Iran and his related publications (Heskel Lamberg-Karlovsky 1980, 1986), are still three most influential treatises Iranian metallurgy social dynamics despite two decades continued work. Based metallographic chemical analyses a large corpus copper-base artefacts ores from Chalcolithic Bronze Age levels at Shahr-i Sokhta, Tepe Hissar, Susa, Yahya, argued convincingly against Marxist models for that rely an...
Al‐Khafaji is a central and well‐known point on the early third millennium BC map of UNESCO World Heritage Site Bat, in Sultanate Oman. For years, Kasr al‐Khafaji (“Tower 1146”) has been understood as an Umm an‐Nar (ca. 2800–2000 BCE) monument standing amid contemporary village. However, recent excavations by Bat Archaeological Project (BAP) reveal that entirety known site—monument(s) settlement—is situated anthropogenic clay mound elevated it meters above surrounding landscape. This paper...
In December of 2006, a small workshop was held at the UCL Institute Archaeology to bring together established and emerging scholars currently working on ancient Iranian metallurgy, most especially those focused production debris (i.e., slag, furnace lining, etc.). This paper presents summary that meeting in order introduce these wider archaeological audience, provide basic idea sorts questions being asked of, answers received from, current scientific studies materials.