Production and Consumption of Copper-base Metals in the Indus Civilization

Autor:	Heather M.-L. Miller, Brett C. Hoffman
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Consumption (economics) Archeology Civilization Natural resource economics Indus media_common.quotation_subject Scrap Mining engineering Smelting Assemblage (archaeology) Production (economics) Business Base metal media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of World Prehistory. 22:237-264
ISSN:	1573-7802 0892-7537
DOI:	10.1007/s10963-009-9024-4
Popis:	We review the existing data sets for the production and consumption of copper-base objects at Indus sites, outline a working typology for metal objects, and provide new data from on-going analytical work on the copper assemblage from Harappa. The role of metals in the economic and social networks of the Indus tradition is examined in terms of patterns of use and technological style. We note that Indus metalsmiths apparently relied more on procurement of metal ingots or scrap than on primary ingot production through smelting, which would have affected other aspects of Indus metallurgy. Object production did not involve elaborate forms, but may have involved complex alloying. Finally, we conclude that there is no evidence for elite control of metal production, and that access to metals was relatively widespread.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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