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comparable to modern rulers and tape measures are unknown from the Bronze Age, although Romano envisions Minoan surveyors at Gournia employing the Egyptian merkhet as a surveying instrument. 291 One would expect that measuring tools were essential to any kit belonging to a carpenter or mason. 292 In order to cut materials into specific lengths, some form of measure must have been employed. It was equally important to create straight lines on materials either to guide a cut or to align blocks on top of a foundation. A device like the modern chalk line would have been the simplest way to create a straight line. A powdered string could make a temporary mark on wood or stone to facilitate an even cut. Any type of straight edge may have been used, but a powdered string was simple to work and provided a longer line and more precision. These tool accessories and countless others would have aided craftspersons, and should be taken into account when considering the preserved implements. A: Shaft-hole axes (Plates 4.1-4.3) Shaft-hole axes are blades with a single cutting edge at the tip and a circular or oval hole at the butt end (Plate 4.1). This configuration enabled a handle to be attached or hafted to the blade. Shaft-hole axes differ from single flat axes with the employment of a shaft hole for the handle. Terminology for these implements differs by region, and certain shaft-hole axes in Syria-Palestine and Egypt are probable weapons instead of tools. 293 For the Levant, Philip differentiates axes as “narrow-bladed”, “fenestrated” and “shaft-hole”, but all three types technically have a socketed shaft. 294 The fenestrated axes are understood as weapons or prestige items of display, as some are made of gold or silver. 291 Romano 2003, 251. A depiction of the merkhet is preserved in the New Kingdom tomb of Menna in Thebes (18 th dynasty). See Romano 2003, plate Lb for a representation of the device. 292 Pointed out by Evely 2000, 528. 293 Petrie 1917, 5-11; Davies 1987, 23; Philip 1989, 37-68. 294 Philip 1989, 37-44, 49-68. 130
Problems with nomenclature occur with the examples from Crete. Evely describes the shafted, single axes from Crete merely as “single axes” and calls non-shafted examples “flat axes”. 295 For the sake of comparison across regions in this study, these types are considered shaft-hole axes, yet it should be recognized that there are significant morphological differences among them. 296 The implement type appears throughout the study region during the second millennium BC, yet is especially distinctive in certain regions and periods, as summarized in Table 4.1. Regional total MBA LBA General 2 nd millennium Crete 17 11 0 6 Mainland 10 0 8 2 Islands 2 0 0 2 Cyprus 15 13 1 1 (EIA) Anatolia 39 18 16 5 Syria-Palestine 27 15 8 4 Shipwrecks 1 - 1 - Total 111 57 34 20 Molds for shaft hole (some fenestrated) axes (all Anatolian, except one from Byblos) 12 9 2 1 Table 4.1: Shaft-hole ax distribution Two trends stand out for shafted ax blades: their prevalence in the early second millennium, and their popularity in Anatolia and Syria-Palestine. This pattern is unsurprising given the prevalence of the ax during the third millennium in Iran, Mesopotamia and Luristan. 297 The diversity of this implement is impressive; Maxwell- Hyslop formed 24 categories of shaft-hole axes while Deshayes classified the implement into 15 typologies, each with numerous sub-groupings. 298 The prominence of shaft-hole axes in MBA Syria-Palestine and Anatolia is connected, however loosely, with the earlier Near Eastern tradition of the tool. While the Syro-Palestinian shaft-hole axes were 295 Evely 1993, 55-58, 72-75. 296 The diversity of these tools has been well recognized. See Deshayes 1960, 228, plates 18 to 29. 297 Maxwell-Hyslop 1949; Deshayes 1960, 229-230; Philip 1989, 60-65. 298 Maxwell-Hyslop 1949, 91-116; Deshayes 1960, catalogue entries 1265‒1840. 131
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Middle and Late Bronze Age Metal To
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investigation of the carpentry/maso
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Volume 1 CHAPTER 1: TABLE OF CONTEN
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Sites from the Greek islands 202 Si
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LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1: Shaft-hol
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Figure 3.12: Distribution of metall
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Figure 4.28: Map showing MBA carpen
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Plate 4.33: Double adze from Enkomi
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Plate 5.29: Orchomenos tool kit, Ch
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Several fellowships provided financ
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administrative staff at the college
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MBA 2000- 1600 LBA 1600- 1050 CHRON
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in the Aegean. 2 Small copper imple
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een easier with metal tools than st
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extremely scarce and the dearth of
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extraordinary number of metal tools
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this observation is astonishing sin
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Danube (IVe au IIe millénaire). Wh
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Mycenaean tool repertoire, yet some
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Chapter 2: Avenues for metallurgica
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cited as evidence for metallurgical
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ecycled items. Final products like
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ich published dataset, only a few s
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Quantities of raw metal were widely
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Turkey. Upon touring these sites, i
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The method for interpreting data fr
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second millennium BC. Such cases ar
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study area (from Cyprus), and its i
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are sufficiently differentiated fro
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his reconsideration of third millen
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to Catling, a violent purpose for t
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Different tool names may imply diss
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chisels. Categories 2 and 4 occur f
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detail for the carpentry/masonry to
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Isthmia region throughout the histo
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Gender responsibilities are investi
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Chapter 3: Metal tools in the secon
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double adze from the Enkomi Gunnis
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The link between a craftsperson and
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specialized and intended for specif
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III: The relationship of stone, bon
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durability. Stone cutting objects b
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information together. In the Aegean
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In addition to greater amounts of t
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y region may reflect social and cra
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database entries whose contextual c
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accurately account for the internal
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given to stockpiled tools. Thirty-f
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the larger and stronger metal types
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hoes/plowshares were preferred in b
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ather than a shipwreck. 165 Yet, li
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Page 112 and 113: frequency of these tools, however,
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Page 126 and 127: Site size and contextual analysis s
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Page 130 and 131: the prominent LBA object type (53.6
Page 132 and 133: cannot always aid functional interp
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Page 136 and 137: punches, borers, undefined implemen
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Page 144 and 145: Cretan patterns (Fig. 3.31a): The r
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Page 152 and 153: differences in the consumption of t
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Page 164 and 165: Whether the double ax was an implem
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Page 168 and 169: specimens (Evely’s Type 4 lists s
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Page 184 and 185: Size 1 (0.5 cm or less) Size 2 (0.6
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Page 196 and 197: Syria-Palestine 2 - 2 - Shipwrecks
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The tubular drill was first devised
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siderópetra (hard limestone known
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egularly considered to be absent fr
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together two sides of a handle, a f
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implement, it was employed from tim
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70 percent of the catalogue (79 out
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3. Saws with a straight blade top a
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ounded tip end with teeth (Plate 4.
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consumer. Cretan carpentry/masonry
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and Knossos, seemingly reflecting t
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Ayia Marina 1 1 chisel Gona (Macedo
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Ithaka-Polis 3 - 3 - 1 single/flat
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are reported from Ayia Irini, altho
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the island in the MBA. The distribu
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MBA site Total carpentry - masonry
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eported here. Despite this caveat,
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MBA site Total carpentry - masonry
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4.21). Minoan double axes and saws
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diameters are 5 cm and greater) mus
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(like Minoan types) as opposed to t
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Although traces of Anatolian or Ana
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common to Crete and Cyprus. The sin
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double ax forms, implies that the c
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carpentry/masonry tools contribute
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organized.” 530 My assertion rega
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type of diversity that may mark a t
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of fragmentation practices restrict
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final stage of the metal working: t
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shaped razor. 545 A similar collect
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workshops were easier to identify i
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definition of a hoard as “a group
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some hoards contained thousands of
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Discerning founders’ hoards from
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most assemblages were destined for
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often selected according to certain
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economic approach to hoarding must
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lacks contextual information or chr
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of objects from Mochlos also produc
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unrelated objects; and 3) the tradi
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as rare. Only two Cretan hoards con
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of comparison, there are 87 double
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data coded in this manner, it becam
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The similarity of the Tiryns hoard
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axes, and drills. Awls/engravers an
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functional interpretation of that a
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e-casting metal, which required hot
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524) has shaft-hole sidewalls of di
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were consciously formed and likely
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saws, ax-adzes, a broad chisel, dou
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oxhide ingot fragments and metallur
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metallurgical and agricultural tool
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Tsountas (Mycenae), Kalydon-Psoroli
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Carpentry or masonry utensils repre
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stone-working tools included sixtee
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tools. One has a wide, deformed ham
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tool kit). Diversity is a hallmark
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V. The metal objects from shipwreck
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Tool or object Uluburun (total 65+)
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occurrence is a definite sign of a
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implements in one context comes fro
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Foundry and Sinda hoards, but other
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tool distribution patterns in hoard
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only sporadically in burials and wo
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combination adze forms (double adze
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produced a monograph specifically o
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are currently in progress and will
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thriving metallurgical and craft in
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of Middle Cypriot tools, however, i
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number of utilitarian and small cra
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extremely limited in comparison to
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metallurgical operations are plenti
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absent. 758 The Linear B tablets at
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The Cypriot copper industry reached
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implements comprise 45% of the regi
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the preferences commonly found with
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possible that merchants, metal smit
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Syria-Palestine is not accidental,
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specifically adze variations (e.g.
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likelihood, these implements were u
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Two elongated chisels from Mycenae
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cutting edges wider than the object
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are collectively known from Crete a
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The distribution of shaft-hole axes
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this form are unknown in the Aegean
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artisans trained in a Minoan style?
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transfer of painted plaster moved f
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producing and consuming metal tools
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the Argolid acquired specialized Hi
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traveled from region to region prac
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A complete study of metal tools req
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Dissertation Bibliography Agouridis
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BC, edited by A. B. Knapp. Altamont
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Austin: Université de Liège; Univ
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Calder, W. M., and D. A. Traill, ed
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Cline, E., and A. Yasur-Landau. 200
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des maisons et quartiers d'habitati
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Ellis, R. S. 1968. Foundation Depos
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Gale, N. H., and Z. A. Stos-Gale. 1
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Laffineur and P. P. Betancourt. Li
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33: 61-87. Moran, W. L., ed. 1992.
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Nebelsick, L. 2000. Rent Asunder: R
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Oldest Capital City of the Hittites
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Poursat, J.-C. 1978. Travaux de L'
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Ruscillo, D. 2006. Catalogue of Mis
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———. 2006a. Catalogue of Misc
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Stewart, J. 1961. The Early Bronze
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Metallurgy in the Bronze Age. Proce
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Walberg, G. 1998. Excavations on th
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Seventh International Symposium at
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Volume 2 APPENDIX 1: Figures (diagr
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Total quantity 2000 1500 1000 500 0
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Carpentry/ masonry 2253 (42.4%) Fig
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Figure 3.5b - Agricultural tools: q
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Figure 3.9d - Cyprus LBA quantities
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Medium, 67 Figure 3.11 - Distributi
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Billet = 1 Mold = 1 Wedge, socketed
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Percentage 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
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Quantity Quantity 1400 1200 1000 80
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2 nd mill. (n=17) Spatula/scraper =
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General 2 nd millennium (n=20) Knif
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Total quantity 400 300 200 100 0 17
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Figure 3.26b: Carpentry/Masonry too
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Single/flat ax (n=370) 185 (40.7%)
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General 2 nd millennium (n=21) Sing
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General 2 nd millennium (n=89) Shaf
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Figure 4.1: Shaft-hole axes: region
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Figure 4.2: Doubles axes: regional
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Cutting edge width (cm) 12 10 8 6 4
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Tool series N Mean of ratio Standar
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Figure 4.7: Single/flat axes: regio
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Cutting edge width (cm) 8 7 6 5 4 3
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Figure 4.10: Chisels: Scatter plots
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Cutting edge width (cm) 7 6 5 4 3 2
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Chisels by size Number Ratio Mean S
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Cutting edge width (cm) 3 2.5 2 1.5
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Figure 4.17: Ax-adzes: regions meas
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Figure 4.19: Hollow cylindrical met
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Figure 4.20 continued: Saw measurem
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G,1 (30) F3, (2) F2, (2) E2, (2) E1
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F3, (7) F2, (9) F1, (11) G1, (37) E
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F2, (2) F3, (1) G1, (4) E1, (27) E2
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1-5 6-15 16-30 31-50 51-100 100 + S
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Figure 5.1: Tool frequencies and di
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Figure 5.2 continued - Hoards from
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Figure 5.3 continued - Hoards from
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Hoards: 1 - 13 are from Crete 1: Sa
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40 51 19 38 34 45 48 33 36 46 28 29
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Proximity Matrix for the tool types
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Narrow chisel Flat/single ax Shaft-
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Plate 4.3: Shaft-hole ax from Cypru
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Plate 4.9: Andronianoi (Euboea) dou
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Plate 4.15 Single/flat ax from Kata
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Plate 4.22: Chisel of size 3; Enkom
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Plate 4.33: Double adze: from the G
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Plate 4.39: Trésor de Bronzes adze
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Plate 4.47: Saw type 3: Boğazköy-
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Plate 5.1: Katamachi hoard - Ioanni
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Plate 5.7: MX 541 - Double or singl
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Plate 5.13: Chisel fragment; MX 519
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Tsountas hoard, double axes 9 doubl
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Plate 5.23: Double ax fragment-Anth
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Plate 5.27: Enkomi Gunnis Hoard - (
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L: hammer-adze R: double adze fragm
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Appendix 3: Second Millennium BC Me
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Carpentry/masonry tools 1 total: 1
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Tool count and frequency 4 (14.3%)
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Other objects 2 awls, 1 large scrap
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Tool count and frequency 4 (44.4%)
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15 th -14 th century: LH II - IIIA1
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Other objects 1 bronze weight with
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Likelihood of hoard Definite 46. Gr
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Nicosia, Cyprus Museum (inv. Enkomi
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Bibliography Taylor 1957, 20, 86-90
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(…/1520.12,13,14,15); 18 castings
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cauldron fragments), 1 ingot fragme
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Other objects 45 sickles, 3 swords,
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