Middle Bronze Age Metal Artefacts and Metallurgical Practices at the Sites of Tell Arqa, Mougharet el-Hourryieh, Yanouh and Khariji in Lebanon

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to provide new data on metallurgical activity in Lebanon during the Early Bronze Age IV and the Middle Bronze Age by examining metal artefacts discovered at the sites of Tell Arqa, Mougharet el-Hourryieh, Yanouh and Khariji. Even though some particularities were observed at each site, the results show a common metallurgical tradition throughout the Levant manifested by the use of similar copper base alloy recipes and forming techniques. This work also provides the first data on the composition of silver and its alloys during the Middle Bronze Age in Lebanon.

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