InhaltsangabeProblems and Methods of Archaeometallurgy.- Nature and Geology in Faynan.- The Raw Material Sources.- Field Evidence and Dating of Early Mining and Smelting in the Faynan District.- Study of Archaeometallurgical Slag and Metal.- Copper Smelting Technology.- Export of Ore and Copper: The Importance of Faynan in Prehistoric Palestine.- Summary.

Andreas Hauptmann is a trained mineralogist and is concurrently head of the Research Group for Archaeometallurgy at the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Bochum and a professor of archaeometry at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Born in 1950, his research has focused on early mining and metallurgy, and the analysis of copper, bronze, iron, gold and pottery. He has led and been involved in major expeditions to Jordan, Oman and Georgia and has participated in many excavations in Germany, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Greece, Syria and Cyprus.

1 Introduction.- 2 Problems and Methods of Archaeometallurgy.- 3 Nature and Geology in Faynan.- 4 The Raw Material Sources.- 5 Field Evidence and Dating of Early Mining and Smelting in the Faynan District.- 6 Study of Archaeometallurgical Slag and Metal.- 7 Copper Smelting Technology.- 8 Export of Ore and Copper: the Importance of Faynan in Prehistoric Palestine.- Summary.- References.- Appendix.- Index.