Journey to the Copper Age: Archaeology in the Holy Land - Softcover

Thomas E. Levy; Kenneth L. Garrett

 
9780937808832: Journey to the Copper Age: Archaeology in the Holy Land
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0937808830 ISBN 13: 9780937808832
Publisher: San Diego Museum of Man, 2007

Synopsis

Six thousand years ago, people living in the southern Levant moved from small, autonomous village lifestyles to complex social structures with innovations and products that remain today. Humans discovered how to irrigate the desert and grow fruit crops, and transform copper ore into a useable metal, for the first time. Pairing this with their artistic genius, people of the Chalcolithic period, or Copper Age, created stunning symbols of rank and power - metal standards, crowns and mace heads - and utilitarian objects unearthed by archaeologists in the Cave of the Treasure and other sites. Thomas Levy's adventurous journey with a team of international scientists to re-create the copper smelting processes used by our inventive ancestors is the highlight of this fascinating book.

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Publisher
San Diego Museum of Man
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0937808830
ISBN 13 
9780937808832
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
112

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