book chapter
Chemische und mineralogische Analyse einiger Erz- und Kupferfunde von Maadi
Maadi : excavations at the Predynastic site of Maadi and its cemeteries conducted by Mustapha Amer and Ibrahim Rizkana on behalf of the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts of Cairo University, 1930-1953 ; The non-lithic small finds and the structural remains of the Predynastic settlement • III • Published In 1989 • Pages: 137-141
By: Pernicka, Ernst, Hauptmann, Andreas.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Seven ore samples and five objects of metallic copper were analyzed by means of neutron activation and petrographically studied. Five ore samples contain between 10% and 56% copper, while one ore sample consists mainly of haematite and one of the manganese mineral pyrolusite. Four of the copper objects are irregularly shaped and contain slag and cuprite inclusions, suggesting that they are remains of melting operations. Chemically, these copper samples resemble the copper ores found in Maadi, with regard to their trace element pattern. Nevertheless, it is unclear if ores were indeed smelted at Maadi, since no furnaces or at least fireplaces associated with slags or tuyeres have been found. The association of different ore samples with the metal finds rather suggest that the copper ore was used as a pigment and that the copper came along with it, possibly from the same source outside the general region (p. 140)
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Mineral resources
- Special deposits
- Metallurgy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Lower Egypt Predynastic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Maadi-North: 1930-1936, 1939, 1940, 1946-1948; Wadi Digla/Maadi-South: 1951-1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Predynastic second half of Naqada 1-Naqada 11 c
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Maadi, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Von Ernst Pernicka und Andreas Hauptmann
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 141)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88128551
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic Period--Egypt
- Egypt--Antiquities