Goldwork technology at the Arabian Península: first data from Saruq al Hadid Iron Age site (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

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• dc.contributor.author Soriano, Eni
• dc.contributor.author Zein, Hassan
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-28T11:39:39Z
• dc.date.available 2024-11-28T11:39:39Z
• dc.date.issued 2018
• dc.description.abstract The Spanish team that leads a research project at Saruq al Hadid excavated an area where about 450 gold items were recovered during the campaigns from 2015 to 2017. The site with a lengthy occupation from the end of the fourth millennium to the Islamic period is well known for its important finds attesting copper metallurgy production during Iron Age II. Other rich archaeological finds in iron, stone and pottery, in some cases showing a snake iconography, point to a ceremonial place where production processes and exchanges took place. We present an archaeometric study of a significative sample of the gold items found at the site using OM (Optical Microscopy) and SEM-EDS (Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy). Our provisional results suggest the existence of a workshop -the first archaeologically attested at the Arabian Peninsula- where lost wax casting and plastic deformation were usual practices, together with other goldwork techniques like polychrome alloying, filigree and granulation. Evidence of the production processes were workshop wastes and raw material, although no associated archaeological structures could be identified.
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• dc.identifier.citation Soriano I, Perea A, Escanilla N, Contreras Rodrigo F, Ali Al Ali YY, Karim MBR, Zein H. Goldwork technology at the Arabian Península: first data from Saruq al Hadid Iron Age site (Dubai, United Arab Emirates). J Archaeol Sci Rep. 2018;22:1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.08.030
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.08.030
• dc.identifier.issn 2352-409X
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/68858
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevier
• dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 2018;22:1-10.
• dc.rights © Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.08.030
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• dc.subject.keyword Iron Age
• dc.subject.keyword Arabian Peninsula
• dc.subject.keyword Gold
• dc.subject.keyword SEM-EDS
• dc.subject.keyword Lost-wax casting
• dc.subject.keyword Polychromy
• dc.title Goldwork technology at the Arabian Península: first data from Saruq al Hadid Iron Age site (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
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