Table of Contents

Life with Jim Muhly, Polymnia Muhly; Bibliography of James D. Muhly; Introduction, Philip P. Betancourt and Susan C. Ferrence. 1. Cypriot Chalcolithic Metalwork, Edgar Peltenburg; 2. Miniature Ingots from Cyprus, Alessandra Giumlia-Mair, Vasiliki Kassianidou, and George Papasavvas; 3. Broken Symbols: Aspects of Metallurgy at Alassa, Sophocles Hadjisavvas; 4. A Metallurgical Feast? Vassos Karageorghis; 5. Blowing the Wind of Change: The Introduction of Bellows in Late Bronze Age Cyprus, Vasiliki Kassianidou; 6. A Newly Re-discovered Cypriot Tripod-stand in the Florence Archaeological Museum, Fulvia Lo Schiavo; 7. From Smiting into Smithing: The Transformation of a Cypriot God, George Papasavvas; 8. Reconstructing Early Cretan Metallurgy: Analytical Results from the Study of the Metallurgical Evidence from Kephala Petras, Siteia, Mihalis Catapotis, Yannis Bassiakos, and Yiannis Papadatos; 9. Silver and Bronze Artifacts from the EM I Necropolis at Gournes, Pediada, Kalliope E. Galanaki and Yannis Bassiakos; 10. The Dog Diadem from Mochlos, Jane Hickman; 11. The Triangular "Daggers" of Prepalatial Crete, Keith Branigan; 12. A Marine Style Gold Ring from the Hagios Charalambos Ossuary: Symbolic Use of Cockle Shells in Minoan Crete? Philip P. Betancourt; 13. Metalworking at Malia, Quartier MU: High or Low Technology? Jean-Claude Poursat and Cecile Oberweiler; 14. The Origins of the Mochlos Sistrum, Jeffrey S. Soles; 15. Akrotiraki and Skali: A Preliminary Report on New Evidence for EBA Lead/Silver and Copper Production from Southern Siphnos, Zozi D. Papadopoulou; 16. Early Bronze Age Copper Smelting on Seriphos (Cyclades, Greece), Olga Philaniotou, Yannis Bassiakos, and Myrto Georgakopoulou; 17. Searching for the Early Bronze Age Aegean Metallurgist's Toolkit, Christos G. Doumas; 18. Technological Aspects of Bronze Age Metallurgical Ceramics in the Eastern Mediterranean, Anno Hein and Vassilis Kilikoglou; 19. Slags from the Late Bronze Age Metal Workshops at Kition and Enkomi, Cyprus, Andreas Hauptmann; 20. The Metallurgy of Iron during the Early Years of the Iron Age, Robert Maddin; 21. Copper Oxhide Ingots and Lead Isotope Provenancing, Noel H. Gale; 22. "Biscuits with Ears:" A Search for the Origin of the Earliest Oxhide Ingots, Zofia Anna Stos-Gale; 23. Metal Exchange in Italy from the Middle to the Final Bronze Age (14th-11th century B.C.E.), Reinhard Jung, Mathias Mehofer, and Ernst Pernicka; 24. Cyprus, Copper, and Alashiya, A. Bernard Knapp; 25. Alashiya: A Scientific Quest for its Location, Robert S. Merrillees; 26. Hittite Metals at the Frontier: A Three-Spiked Battle Ax from Alalakh, K. Aslihan Yener; 27. Sources of Tin and the Tin Trade in Southwest Asia: Recent Research and Its Relevance to Current Understanding, Vincent C. Pigott; 28. Three Copper Oxhide Ingots in Sanliurfa Archaeology Museum, Turkey, Cemal Pulak

About the Author

PhD Laura H. Carnell Professor of Prehistoric Aegean Art and Archaeology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; retired Adjunct Professor of Art History, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2003 Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement, Archaeological Institute of America; author and editor of numerous articles and books in Aegean Bronze Age Art and Archaeology.