The Copper Age marks the first stage of human’s use of metal. Eneolithic is commonly assumed to begin in the early 4th millennium BC in outheastern Europe and at least 1,000 years earlier in the Middle East, where the majority of copper mines exploitation started. This study provides a chronological contribution to this matter. Our finding allows dating the beginning of the use of metal in the Campanian plain to the first half of the 3rd millennium BC.

ARCHAEOMAGNETIC INVESTIGATION OF LATE ENEOLITHIC FURNACES UNDER THE ANCIENT BRONZE AGE VILLAGE OF CROCE DI PAPA, NOLA (ITALY)

GIORDANO, Daniele;
2013-01-01

Abstract

The Copper Age marks the first stage of human’s use of metal. Eneolithic is commonly assumed to begin in the early 4th millennium BC in outheastern Europe and at least 1,000 years earlier in the Middle East, where the majority of copper mines exploitation started. This study provides a chronological contribution to this matter. Our finding allows dating the beginning of the use of metal in the Campanian plain to the first half of the 3rd millennium BC.
2013
Latinmag 2013, 3th Biennial Meeting of Latino-America Paleomagnetic Association
Montevideo, Uruguay.
October 23 to 25, 2013
Latinmag Letters, Volume 3, Special Issue (2013)
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Eneolithic Arqueomagnetism dating; 3 rd and 4th millenium BC; Copper Age; Croce di Papa
Claudia Principe; Simone Arrighi; Marina Devidze; Daniele Giordano; Maxime Le Goff; AvtoGog haichvili; Sonia la Felice
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