TY - JOUR
T1 - A chalcolithic error
T2 - Rebuttal to Amzallag 2009
AU - Thornton, Christopher P.
AU - Golden, Jonathan M.
AU - Killick, David J.
AU - Pigott, Vincent C.
AU - Rehren, Thilo H.
AU - Roberts, Benjamin W.
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - In the October 2009 issue of the AJA, Amzallag published a hypothesis for the origins and spread of furnacebased metallurgy in the Old World ("From Metallurgy to Bronze Age Civilizations: The Synthetic Theory," AJA [2009] 497-519). Amzallag's paper is rife with misunderstandings of both an archaeological and a technical nature, leading to a skewed vision of early metallurgical development. In this rebuttal, we seek to correct some of the more egregious errors in his article and provide a counterargument for the origins of copper-based metallurgy in the Old World.
AB - In the October 2009 issue of the AJA, Amzallag published a hypothesis for the origins and spread of furnacebased metallurgy in the Old World ("From Metallurgy to Bronze Age Civilizations: The Synthetic Theory," AJA [2009] 497-519). Amzallag's paper is rife with misunderstandings of both an archaeological and a technical nature, leading to a skewed vision of early metallurgical development. In this rebuttal, we seek to correct some of the more egregious errors in his article and provide a counterargument for the origins of copper-based metallurgy in the Old World.
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U2 - 10.3764/aja.114.2.305
DO - 10.3764/aja.114.2.305
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:77954161373
SN - 0002-9114
VL - 114
SP - 305
EP - 315
JO - American Journal of Archaeology
JF - American Journal of Archaeology
IS - 2
ER -