Ancient Near Eastern archaeological

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Chemical Investigations of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeological Ivory Artifacts... 

Tn a recent study we examined samples taken from ivory artifacts exca-vated at Hasanlu, Acem Hiiyiik, and Nimrud. Elemental analyses were obtained for carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen (I). The results for specimens of known provenance were used to develop preliminary criteria for Ancient Near Eastern archaeological ivory artifacts of uncertain provenance. The useful results obtained in that work suggested an extension of similar observations to other excavation sites in the Ancient Near East (Megiddo and Khorsabad). The range of analyses was extended to include fluorine. 

Table I. Ancient Near Eastern Archaeological Sites and Period Attributions of Specimens Examined...

Badler, V. R., McGovern, P. E., and Michel, R. H. (1990). Drink and be merry Infrared spectroscopy and ancient near eastern wine. MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania 7 25-36. 

Related Problems. The first question to be resolved in examining an Ancient Near Eastern ivory object of unknown provenance is its antiquity. Perhaps equally significant is the question of assignment to a specific archaeological site. This problem, as yet unexplored, may ultimately depend on the study of trace element distributions for its technical resolution. 

Goren, Y. Finkelstein, I. Na aman, N. Inscribed in Clay Provenance Study of the Amarna Tablets and Other Ancient Near Eastern Texts, Tel Aviv Monograph Series No. 23. Institute of Archaeology Tel Aviv, 2004 pp 18-19, 295. 

Bracci, S. 2009. Growth and Development of Ancient Near Eastern Towns of the Diyala Region. Some Topographical Considerations. Zeitschrift fur Orient-Archaeologe 2 8-35. 

Fortin, M. 1998a. New Horizons in Ancient Syria The View from Atij. Near Eastern Archaeology 61/1 15-24. 

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