Time to throw the devil horns and apply superfluous umlauts to vöwëls, because this week The Dirt is totally metal! Metallurgy, that is. How and when did humans first use metals, and what can we learn about them? Some come straight from the ground, others from far, far away, some from a combination of raw materials, and some? Some come FROM OUTER SPACE.
Links
The meteoritic origin of Tutankhamun's iron dagger blade (Meteoritics and Planetary Science)
New Respect for Metal's Role in Ancient Arctic Cultures (Science)
Robert E. Peary and the Cape York Meteorites (Polar Geography)
Prehistoric Balkans Were 'Faking' Gold 6,500 Years Ago (Ha’aretz)
Theorizing Bronze-Age Intercultural trade : the evidence of the weights (Paléorient)
Exchange Systems and Trade Networks in Anthropology and Archaeology (ThoughtCo)
Antikythera Shipwreck Yields New Cache of Treasures, Hints More May Be Buried at Site (Smithsonian)
How Was Iron Smelted in Ancient Israel? Researchers Build Kilns to Find Out (Ha’aretz)