The currently accepted narrative on the prehistory of bronze alloying technology follows
deterministic, outdated assumptions of technological progression that ignore the role of …

Scholarship on the ancient Indian Ocean, which stretches deep into the previous century, is
available from an array of academic disciplines including but not limited to history …

A metallurgically-oriented excavation in Area A at Tell es-Safi/Gath yielded evidence for iron
and bronze production dating to the early Iron Age IIA. Two pit-like features, which differed …

As in most parts of the world, ancient Southeast Asian metal production and exchange has
been accorded great importance as a cultural and technological development with far …

The interlocking of the maritime basin network that took place with the development of the
Maritime Silk Roads by the late first millennium bc led to major cultural transfers. This …

The late fourth and third centuries BCE witnessed the political unifications of Mauryan India
(including north India after 321 BCE, and most of the subcontinent by 265 BCE) and Han …

Archaeological excavations in western Iran have recently revealed a significant Luristan
Bronzes collection from Sangtarashan archaeological site. The site and its bronze collection …

This paper concerns the identification and explanation of change in prehistoric extractive
metallurgical behaviour in the Iron Age Khao Wong Prachan Valley of central Thailand. This …

The 'Southeast Asian Lead Isotope Project'(SEALIP) is intended to provide reliable
geochemical proxies for late prehistoric through early historic (2nd/1st millennium BCE and …

Myanmar has been notably underrepresented in recent studies of archaeometallurgy in
Southeast Asia, despite its richness in both mineral and cultural resources and its potentially …