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In this dissertation, the scientific analyses of the metallurgical remains from Tepe Hissar--a 4th and 3rd millennium site in Northeastern Iran--are presented and juxtaposed with a new understanding of the 2000-year archaeological sequence at the site. It is argued that two type…

This study investigates specialized craft production at a flint sickle blade workshop at the Early Bronze Age site of Titris Höyük, southeastern Turkey. The excavation of a workshop for these blades permits the reconstruction of the steps in their production from raw material to…

This study investigates the surface remains of an early marble workshop discovered in surface surveys of the mid-fifth millennium BC site of Kulaksızlar in western Turkey. The workshop appears to have been oriented towards the production of distinctive vessels and figurines of a…

“Mass-production” of vessels and by extension the emergence of pottery specialists is a function of the economics of monumental constructions in Old Kingdom Egypt (ca 2700–2200 BC, historically). Evidence for pottery specialization comes in two forms; widespread similarity in ve…