Middle and Late Bronze Age Metal Tools from the Aegean, Eastern ...

(n=44) Hammers = 4, Tongs = 3,
Crucible scraper = 1, furnace
spatula = 3, anvil = 1, swage
block = 1, metal mold = 2,
stone mold = 14, terracotta
mold = 1; castings = 5
General
2 nd mill.
Medium - secondary to palace = 2
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 6
Known only from stray finds = 2
Tongs = 1 Medium = 1 Burial ? = 1
Settlement = 18
Unstratified/unknown = 3
Workshop = 3
Figure 3.14e – Anatolia Metallurgical tools
Metallurgical tool types Distribution of tools by site size Tool distribution by context type
MBA Stone mold = 79
Large - palatial or major urban center = 67 Settlement = 46
(n=81) Terracotta mold = 1 Medium - secondary to palace = 6
Sanctuary = 1
Hammer = 1
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 8 Workshop =33
Unstratified/unknown = 1
LBA Stone mold = 46
Large - palatial or major urban center = 44 Hoard = 1
(n=57) Terracotta mold = 5 Medium - secondary to palace = 6
Settlement = 51
Hammers = 5
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 7 Sanctuary = 1
Wedge-like tool =1
Workshop = 4
General
2 nd mill.
(n=17)
Stone mold = 13
Terracotta mold = 1
Hammers = 2
Casting = 1
Large - palatial or major urban center = 13
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 2
Known only from stray finds = 2
Settlement = 13
Burial (?) = 1
Unstratified/unknown = 3
Figure 3.14f – Shipwreck and Syria-Palestine Metallurgical tools
Cape Gelidonya (n=10) Uluburun (n=1) Syria-Palestine
Castings = 6,
Tongs = 1 LBA (n=10): Mold = 5, Tongs = 3; spatula = 1; 1
Crucible scraper (?) or spatula = 1
furance spatula
Swage block =1
Hammer/anvil =1
Large site = 9; settlement = 6, burial = 2; workshop = 1
General 2 nd mill (n=2): Hammer = 1; mold = 1
Large site = 2; settlement = 2
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