The discovery of three small obsidian flakes at the Camel Site in the central Negev, Israel, constitutes the first discovery of obsidian in Early Bronze Age contexts in the Negev and Sinai. Obsidian hydration analysis and X-ray microprobe analysis confirm the association of the artifacts with the site and the period, and indicate origins in Eastern Anatolia, in significant contrast to the exclu...

Metals have played an immensely significant role throughout the history of humanity, to extent that different periods human development been marked by dominance specific materials, such as Bronze Age and Iron [...]

Through the agency of animals, we think about our identity, landscape and society, therefore animal imagery holds a special place in approaches to human thought. study zoomorphic figurine assemblage recorded at Early Bronze Age site Koçumbeli-Ankara, argue that figurines this time period were produced through meaningful linking particular images raw materials use contexts. For example, ambiguou...