The Origin of Tel Dor Hacksilver and the Westward Expansion of the Phoenicians in the Early Iron Age: The Cypriot Connection

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The Origin of Tel Dor Hacksilver and the Westward Expansion of the Phoenicians in the Early Iron Age: The Cypriot Connection

Wood, J; Bell, C; Montero-Ruiz, I; (2020) The Origin of Tel Dor Hacksilver and the Westward Expansion of the Phoenicians in the Early Iron Age: The Cypriot Connection. Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies , 8 (1) pp. 1-21. 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.8.1.0001. Green open access

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Abstract

A recent reanalysis of compositional and lead isotope legacy data from the early silver hoards of the southern Levant (ca. twelfth–ninth centuries BCE) identified that not only was most of this hacksilver mixed but that it probably derived from the Pyritic belt of southern Iberia, the Taurus mountains in Anatolia, and a third unknown source. We propose that the unknown component of Tel Dor's hacksilver was silver potentially derived from ores mined at Kalavasos on Cyprus. The presence of Cypriot silver in the southern Levant complements finds of Phoenician pottery on Cyprus, supporting that there was continuity of trade from the end of the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Iron Age between Cyprus and the Levant. Furthermore, our findings suggest that the technology required to smelt and cupellate argentiferous jarosite ores was first practiced on Cyprus prior to risky and costly ventures to Iberia.

Type:	Article
Title:	The Origin of Tel Dor Hacksilver and the Westward Expansion of the Phoenicians in the Early Iron Age: The Cypriot Connection
Open access status:	An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI:	10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.8.1.0001
Publisher version:	https://doi.org/10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.8.1.0001
Language:	English
Additional information:	Copyright © 2020 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. This article is used by permission of The Pennsylvania State University Press. This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords:	Tel Dor, silver, jarosite, Phoenicians, mixing lines, lead isotopes
UCL classification:	UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > Centre for Languages and Intl Educatn
URI:	https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094084