One Man's Trash: Using XRF to Recreate Ancient Narratives from Metallurgical Waste Heaps in Southern Jordan

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dc.contributor.authorLiss, Bradyen_US
dc.contributor.authorLevy, Thomasen_US
dc.contributor.editorGabriele Guidi and Roberto Scopigno and Fabio Remondinoen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-06T08:14:10Z
dc.date.available2016-01-06T08:14:10Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractRecent excavations at Khirbat al-Jariya, an Iron Age copper smelting center in Southern Jordan, were supplemented with X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy to study the diachronic narrative of copper smelting over the site's history. By elementally analyzing copper production waste (copper slag) from stratigraphically controlled contexts, it is possible to compare relative element concentrations in the slags over the chronological framework provided by archaeological excavation. Despite the relatively short-lived occupancy of the site (during the 11th and 10th centuries BCE), the XRF analysis revealed its metal workers successfully improved the efficiency of their craft. Based on the invaluable role of XRF in creating these narratives and its comparative potential, the XRF data sets from studies like the one presented should be disseminated through the cyber-infrastructure to foster grander metallurgical narratives across time and space. Thus, this paper presents a case study of using XRF in metallurgical contexts and suggests a new web-based platform for data dissemination and collaborative projects.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersFull Papersen_US
dc.description.seriesinformationInternational Congress on Digital Heritage - Theme 1 - Digitization And Acquisitionen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2015.7413828en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-5090-0048-7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2015.7413828en_US
dc.publisherIEEEen_US
dc.subjectXen_US
dc.subjectRay Fluorescenceen_US
dc.subjectArchaeometallurgyen_US
dc.subjectAncient Copper Smeltingen_US
dc.subjectArchaeology of Jordanen_US
dc.titleOne Man's Trash: Using XRF to Recreate Ancient Narratives from Metallurgical Waste Heaps in Southern Jordanen_US
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