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Archaeologist reports prehistoric site on Mount Ararat in Turkey exhibits no direct evidence for metal artifacts although a
context on a decomposing wood wall might indicate residue from a copper or bronze artifact.
Miami, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 01/20/2013 --Harvard University educated archaeologist and president of the archaeological
contract rm PRC, Inc., Dr. Joel Klenck, reports that prehistoric sites on Mount Ararat in Turkey exhibit no direct evidence
for metallurgy although one context might suggest the remains of a bronze or copper artifact.
Klenck remarks, “Archaeological sites on Ararat, which comprise a monumental wood structure, smaller wood edices, and
a cave, originate from the Late Epipaleolithic Period (13,100 to 9,600 B.C.). From all contexts, no direct evidence for metal
artifacts have been observed, which is somewhat expected considering the antiquity of the site and rarity of metal artifacts
during this period. Interest in metallurgy dates to the eleventh millennium B.C. where contexts at Shanidar Cave in
northern Iraq and Rosh Horesha in Israel exhibit blue and green copper beads. Also, archaeologists retrieved evidence for
copper annealing at the end of the 9th millennium B.C. at Çayönü Tepesi in eastern Turkey.”
The archaeologist comments: “Although there is no direct evidence for metallurgy at the Ararat sites, one context might
suggest the presence of a copper or bronze artifact. In Locus 7 of the monumental wood structure, a twenty-centimeter
square area on one of the walls of the edice shows a concentration of greenish-colored wood. Greenish hues on organic
material sometimes indicate the presence of copper or bronze.”
Klenck concludes, “Laboratory analysis of this context will be able to conrm the presence of a metal artifact that might add
to our knowledge of metallurgy in prehistoric cultures of the Near East.”
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