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The innovation and adoption of iron in the ancient Near East

Abstract:: This review synthesizes field research, textual analysis, and archaeometric data to evaluate different explanations for the spread of iron in the ancient Near East. Current evidence supports an Anatolian origin for extractive iron metallurgy on a limited scale sometime in the early 2nd millennium BC. However, the first major expansion of iron, both in Anatolia and across the wider Near East, occurred in the late second and early first millennium BC. Explanations that place iron adoption within its broader social context are favored over those that consider material or geological properties in isolation. A recurring theme is the importance of comparative analysis, both geographically and between the iron and bronze economies, to explore how social, political, and economic conditions affected adoption patterns.

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Erb-Satullo, N. (2019). The innovation and adoption of iron in the ancient Near East. Journal of Archaeological Research, 27(4), 557–607.

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Erb-Satullo, N. “The Innovation and Adoption of Iron in the Ancient Near East.” Journal of Archaeological Research, vol. 27, no. 4, 2019, pp. 557–607.

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Erb-Satullo, N. 2019. “The Innovation and Adoption of Iron in the Ancient Near East.” Journal of Archaeological Research 27 (4): 557–607.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1007/s10814-019-09129-6

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+ Erb-Satullo, N More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: School of Archaeology
Role:: Author

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Funding agency for:: Erb-Satullo, N
Grant:: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (BCS-1338893

Publisher:: Springer US
Journal:: Journal of Archaeological Research More from this journal
Volume:: 27
Issue:: 4
Pages:: 557–607
Publication date:: 2019-02-21
Acceptance date:: 2018-05-10
DOI:: 10.1007/s10814-019-09129-6
EISSN:: 1573-7756
ISSN:: 1059-0161

Keywords:: craft production

smelting

metallurgy

technology

Iron Age
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Deposit date:: 2018-05-10
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Copyright holder:: Erb-Satullo, N
Copyright date:: 2019
Notes:: Copyright © 2019 The Author.
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

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