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Metal resources have played an important part in the development of human history. Therefore some periods of our cultural history have been named after certain metals, hence the Copper, Bronze and Iron Ages. Yet the invention of metals as raw materials and therefore their first utilization in the Old World goes back to the beginning of the Neolithic period. Here the oldest safely datable finds come from Anatolia and Northern Syria.
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I am indebted to my wife Dr. H. G. Yalçın (Ruhr Universität Bochum) and Prof. Dr. K. James-Chakraborty (School of Art History and Cultural Policy University College Dublin) for their assistance with English.
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Yalçın, Ü. (2017). The Beginnings of Metal Use in West Asia. In: Tsuneki, A., Yamada, S., Hisada, Ki. (eds) Ancient West Asian Civilization. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0554-1_8
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