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objects were clearly manufactured on site, yet the technological aspects of this productions remain unclear. This is because the primary smelting of ore seems to have been undertaken elsewhere, perhaps already at the mining sites. So questions remain as to whether or not arsenic was already present
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Strong evidence of metallurgical activities has been revealed in levels 9 to 6, dating to the Ubaid period, and especially in level 7 (4166 +/- 170 cal BC). Hearths or natural draft furnaces, slag, ore, and pigment had been recovered throughout the site. This was in the context of architectural
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site provides a better context of production, and demonstrates that some form of arsenic alloying was indeed taking place by the 4th millennium BC. Since the slag identified at Norşuntepe contains no arsenic, this means that arsenic was added separately.
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deformed. The remains of this cultural phase belonging to the Chalcolithic are relatively well preserved. However, serious damage caused by occasional flooding of the Euphrates did occur, especially on architectural structures and the
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Many potteries characteristic of Ubaid culture have been found at the site. Archaeologists have discovered 450 sealings there which indicate intensive commercial activities, and production management.
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The Chalcolithic period of this ancient village is characterized by rectangular mud brick houses that communicate with each other. We see the appearance of domestic animals such as
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The Chalcolithic Değirmentepe level of Ubaid-4 of the second half of the Vth millennium BCE, of which the sites of Tülintepe, Seyh Hüyük and Kurban Hüyük are contemporary, contain
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Unusually, the metallurgical activities at the site appear to have been limited to the melting and casting of copper objects.
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Reconstructing the Arsenical Copper Production Process in Early Bronze Age Southwest Asia.
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Reconstructing the Arsenical Copper Production Process in Early Bronze Age Southwest Asia.
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Reconstructing the Arsenical Copper Production Process in Early Bronze Age Southwest Asia.
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dams. Rescue excavations were undertaken in 1978 under the supervision of Ufuk Esin of
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Four archaeological layers whose dates are determined by techniques such as
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is an archaeological site which is located at 50 km north of the river
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culture, end of 4th millennium-beginning of 3rd millennium BCE)
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complexes typical of southern Mesopotamian architecture.
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and traces of fusion have been discovered in this mound:
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Index

Euphrates
Malatya
Anatolia
Karakaya
Atatürk
Istanbul University
C14
Middle Ages
Iron Age
Bronze Age
Khirbet Kerak
Chalcolithic Age
Ubaid period
skeletons
adolescents
skull
cemetery
dogs
sheep
goats
pigs
Bovinae
barley
wheat
oats
peas
Arsenical copper
Norşuntepe
"Cranial deformation in a subadult sample from Değirmentepe (Chalcolithic, Turkey)"
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