Iron Age Metalworking at Masafi-1? A Reconsideration of the Metal Hoards Discovered in the Collective Buildings

• Authors: Anne Benoist , Aurélien Hamel , Cécile Le Carlier , Michele Degli Esposti , Julie Goy

Abstracts

EN

Excavations in a series of superimposed Iron Age II collective buildings located at Masafi (Fujairah, UAE) by the French Archaeological Mission in the UAE allowed the discovery of two deposits of copper-base metal items buried in two jars. Copper smelting played a major role in the economy and the society of the region and consistent evidence suggest that it also had a symbolic importance. A summary of the archaeometallurgical study of the items discovered at Masafi is presented here and the context of the two deposits is discussed, in order to reconstruct the nature of these two hoards and the function of the buildings.

Keywords

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Iron Age; metallurgy; UAE archaeology; copper working

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 36
• Pages: 11-37

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Anne Benoist

• UMR5133, Archéorient CNRS, Lyon

• https://orcid.org/0000000158672617

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Aurélien Hamel

• Service du Patrimoine et de l’Archéologie, Département de la Vendée, Vendée

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Cécile Le Carlier

• UMR6566, CReAAH, CNRS, Rennes

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Michele Degli Esposti

• Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

• https://orcid.org/0000000275440735

author

Julie Goy

• ArScan, CNRS, Nanterre, University of Paris I, Paris

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/EtudTrav.36.001

Biblioteka Nauki

28763071