干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Iron production in Ptolemaic Egypt: From the Abu Gerida specular hematite mines to the Hamama smelting workshop

Arid

DOI	10.1002/gea.21884
	Iron production in Ptolemaic Egypt: From the Abu Gerida specular hematite mines to the Hamama smelting workshop
	Abd El-Rahman, Yasser; Serneels, Vincent
通讯作者	Abd El-Rahman, Y (corresponding author), Cairo Univ, Fac Sci, Geol Dept, Giza 1263, Egypt.
来源期刊	GEOARCHAEOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
ISSN	0883-6353
EISSN	1520-6548
出版年	2021-09
英文摘要	Although ancient Egypt has a firmly established record of mining and metallurgy of gold and copper, iron production in ancient Egypt is less well documented. Evidence of ancient iron manufacture in Egypt is to be found in the burnt plant remains, slag fragments, and a furnace-like structure discovered in the Hamama workshop in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. The iron ore required for iron production was delivered from the nearby specular hematite mines of the Abu Gerida area. This Egyptian specularite is geochemically distinguished from other Mediterranean varieties of specularite such as those in Elba, Tuscany, and Seriphos Island. The bloomery iron smelting process in the Hamama workshop produced two types of slags: furnace slags and tapping slags. These two types show different petrographic features and geochemical signatures. Some of the geochemical signatures of the slags, such as their high calcium contents, were derived from charcoal, while others were related to the ore used during the smelting process. Radiocarbon dating of the charred plant remains from the Hamama workshop suggests that the iron smelting activities took place in the early Ptolemaic era. Iron production was seasonal and was conducted by locals who most likely had dynamic socioeconomic ties with the urban centers of the Nile valley.
英文关键词	Egypt iron production Ptolemaic Period slag smelting specular hematite
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E ; AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000697946600001
WOS关键词	ELBA ISLAND ; SLAG ; TECHNOLOGY ; PROVENANCE ; ORES ; AGE
WOS类目	Archaeology ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Archaeology ; Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/363372
作者单位	[Abd El-Rahman, Yasser] Cairo Univ, Fac Sci, Geol Dept, Giza 1263, Egypt; [Serneels, Vincent] Univ Fribourg, Dept Geosci, Fribourg, Switzerland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Abd El-Rahman, Yasser,Serneels, Vincent. Iron production in Ptolemaic Egypt: From the Abu Gerida specular hematite mines to the Hamama smelting workshop[J],2021.
APA	Abd El-Rahman, Yasser,&Serneels, Vincent.(2021).Iron production in Ptolemaic Egypt: From the Abu Gerida specular hematite mines to the Hamama smelting workshop.GEOARCHAEOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL.
MLA	Abd El-Rahman, Yasser,et al."Iron production in Ptolemaic Egypt: From the Abu Gerida specular hematite mines to the Hamama smelting workshop".GEOARCHAEOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL (2021).