Evidence for the sources and use of tin during the Bronze Age of the Near East: A reply to J. E. Dayton

Abstract

Contrary to the assertion of J. E. Dayton, Turkey is comparatively rich in mineral ores, especially copper, lead, zinc and iron, and provided adequate resources for ancient metallurgists; although he is correct in saying that tin is not yet known there. Dayton misinterprets the evidence for early metal‐working traditions in the Near East, ignores the linguistic and textual evidence which supports the identification of the Akkadian term annaku as tin, and distorts the pattern of the mineral trade as revealed in the Kültepe and Mari tablets.

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