Hi Isabelle,

Since I'm not really into metallurgy, I asked my colleague Aren Maeir, director
of the Tell es-Safi/Gath dig. Here's the list he gave me:

Hauptmann, A., ed.

1999 The Beginnings of Metallurgy. Der Anschnitt, Beiheft
9. Bochum.

Hauptmann, A.

2007 The Archaeometallurgy of Copper: Evidence from
Faynan, Jordan. Berlin: Springer.

Knapp, A., Muhly, J., and Muhly, P.

1988 To Hoard is Human: The Metal Deposits of LC IIC-LC
III. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.

Levy, T., and Shalev, S.

1989 Prehistoric Metalwork in the Southern Levant:
Archaeometallurgical and Social Perspectives. World Archaeology 20: 352-72.

Muhly, J.

1985 Sources of Tin and the Beginning of Bronze
Metallurgy. American Journal of Archaeology 89: 275-91.

1996 The Significance of Metals in the Late Bronze Age
Economy of Cyprus. Pp. 45-59 in The Development of the Cypriot Economy from the
Prehistoric Period to the Present Day, eds. V. Karageorghis and D. Michaelides.
Nicosia: University of Cyprus.

Rothenberg, B., ed.

1990 The Ancient Metallurgy of Copper. Researches in the
Arabah 1959-1984, vol. 2. London: Institute of Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies.

Rothenberg, B., and Glass, J.

1992 The Beginnings and the Development of Early
Metallurgy and the Settlement and Chronology of the Western Arabah, from the
Chalcolithic Period to Early Bronze Age IV. Levant 24: 141-57.

Shalev, S.

1994 The Change in Metal Production from the Chalcolithic
Period to the Early Bronze Age in Israel and Jordan. Antiquity 68(260): 630-37.

Stech-Wheeler, T., Muhly, J., Maxwell-Hyslop, K., and Maddin, R.

1981 Iron at Taanach and Early Iron Metallurgy in the
Eastern Mediterranean. American Journal of Archaeology 85(3 July): 245-68.

Waldbaum, J. C.

1989 Copper, Iron, Tin, Wood: The Start of the Iron Age
in the Eastern Mediterranean. Arcaeomaterials 3: 111-22.

Wertime, T., and Muhly, J., eds.

1980 The Coming of the Age of Iron. New Haven: Yale
University.



Enjoy!



Yigal






----- Original Message -----
From: Isabelle
To: archaeology2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 7:31 PM
Subject: [Archaeology] Paging Yigal (and anyone else into metallurgy)


Hi Yigal et al... I was wondering if you could point me towards any
references on the origins and spread of metallurgy in the Middle/Near
East. I'm writing about Sardinia and Nuragic metallurgy, but I'm keen
to see how Near Eastern studies have approached the topic (I've
already covered Africa). Any references you might have would be
greatly appreciated.




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