A Comparison Study of Middle Bronze Age II Daggers and Their Rivets as a Tool for a Better Understanding of Their Production

The Middle Bronze Age II is a period during which there exists a contemporaneous usage of arsenic copper and tin bronze for metal weaponry production. In order to learn more about the alloys used in this period, the blades and rivets from 65 daggers of two significantly different types, which were d...

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Published inArchaeometry Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 535 - 553
Main Authors Kan‐Cipor ‐ Meron, T., Shilstein, S., Levi, Y., Shalev, S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2018
Subjects
Alloys
archaeometallurgy
Arsenic
Bronze Age
daggers
Eastern Mediterranean
Fluorescence
Israel
Levant
Metal industry
Middle Bronze Age metals
rivets
Tin
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Summary:The Middle Bronze Age II is a period during which there exists a contemporaneous usage of arsenic copper and tin bronze for metal weaponry production. In order to learn more about the alloys used in this period, the blades and rivets from 65 daggers of two significantly different types, which were discovered at the Rishon LeZion (RL) cemetery, Israel, were tested by the non‐destructive method of X‐ray fluorescence (XRF). The results reveal new knowledge of the alloys selected for dagger and rivet production, both of which represent fine examples of the Middle Bronze Age II Southern Levant in metal industry.
ISSN:0003-813X
1475-4754
DOI:10.1111/arcm.12326