The Copper Age marks the first stage of human’s use of metal. Eneolithic is commonly assumed to begin in the early 4th millennium BC in Southeastern Europe and at least 1,000 years earlier in the Middle East, where the majority of copper mines exploitation started. This study provides a chronological contribution to this matter. Our finding allows dating the beginning of the use of metal in the Campanian plain to the first half of the 3rd millennium BC.
ARCHAEOMAGNETIC INVESTIGATION OF LATE ENEOLITHIC FURNACES UNDER THE ANCIENT BRONZE AGE VILLAGE OF CROCE DI PAPA, NOLA (ITALY)
Simone Arrighi;Daniele Giordano;
2013-01-01
Abstract
The Copper Age marks the first stage of human’s use of metal. Eneolithic is commonly assumed to begin in the early 4th millennium BC in Southeastern Europe and at least 1,000 years earlier in the Middle East, where the majority of copper mines exploitation started. This study provides a chronological contribution to this matter. Our finding allows dating the beginning of the use of metal in the Campanian plain to the first half of the 3rd millennium BC.File in questo prodotto:
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