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Title: | Scrapping ritual: Iron Age metal recycling at the site of Saruq al-Hadid (U.A.E.) | Contributor(s): | Stepanov, Ivan (author) ; Weeks, Lloyd (author) ; Franke, Kristina (author); Rodemann, Thomas (author); Salvemini, Filomena (author); Cable, Charlotte (author) ; Al Ali, Yaaqoub (author); Boraik Radwan, Mansour (author); Zein, Hassan (author); Grave, Peter (author) | Publication Date: | 2019-01 | Early Online Version: | 2018-12-05 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.jas.2018.11.003 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29047 | Abstract: | This paper presents an integrated approach to the identification of complex re-processing operations of ancient ferrous artefacts from the multi-period site of Saruq al-Hadid, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Spatial and morphological studies and a range of archaeometric analyses - optical microscopy, X-Ray diffraction, Micro-Raman spectroscopy, neutron tomography - are used to identify various processing markers preserved in these heavily corroded objects and to distinguish two groups of differently processed fragments. The main analytical focus is the investigation of corrosion layers preserving traces of hot oxidation and forging of metallic iron, along with re-heating of previously formed rust layers. The collected evidence suggests that the numerous iron artefacts ritually deposited of at the site in the early Iron Age were subsequently retrieved and re-forged into semi-products as a part of larger scheme of recycling operations, in which Saruq al-Hadid was a first node. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Archaeological Science, v.101, p. 72-88 | Publisher: | Academic Press | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1095-9238 0305-4403 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 210105 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant 210102 Archaeological Science |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 430101 Archaeological science 430102 Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950599 Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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