Metal consumption of a middle-range society in the late 3rd millennium BC Anatolia: A new socioeconomic approach.

ABSTRACT: This article discusses the socioeconomic dynamics of metal consumption patterns in the 3rd millennium BC north-central Anatolian site of Resuloğlu (Çorum, Turkey). The socio-political structure of the site confirms a nonstate, socially complex community with a range of hierarchical and heterarchical expressions. This study presents the results of archaeological, compositional (n = 307), and isotopic (n = 45) analyses of the complete metal collection of Resuloğlu uncovered through two decades of systematic excavations with a well-established chronology. The elemental compositions of metal objects obtained with pXRF combined with lead isotope analysis denote a high diversity in alloy types and sources. The compositional analysis highlights the consumption of various binary and ternary alloys

SUBMITTER: Dardeniz G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9165867 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature