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<< News >> Discovery In Israel Of Oldest Metal Object In Middle East Pushes Back Historical

Submitted by motist on Friday, 03 October 2014  Page Views: 2377

Neolithic and Bronze AgeCountry: Israel
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Tel Tsaf submitted by motist : Discovery In Israel Of Oldest Metal Object In Middle East Pushes Back Historical Knowledge By Centuries Photo Credit: Yosef Garfinkel / University of Haifa (Vote or comment on this photo)
A copper awl, the oldest metal object found to date in the Middle East, was discovered during the excavations at Tel Tsaf, according to a recent study published by researchers from the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa.

According to the study, which appeared in the prestigious journal “PLOS One,” the awl, a long pointed spike, dates back to the late 6th millennium or the early 5th millennium BCE, moving back by several hundred years the date it was previously thought that the peoples of the region began to use metals.

see : http://nocamels.com/2014/08/discovery-in-israel-of-oldest-metal-object-in-middle-east-pushes-back-historical-knowledge-by-centuries/

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Re: Discovery In Israel Of Oldest Metal Object In Middle East Pushes Back Historical by Andy B on Friday, 03 October 2014
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Thanks for this, and the photo Moti, I've added them to our Tel Tsaf page [moved].
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=36040
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Re: Discovery In Israel Of Oldest Metal Object In Middle East Pushes Back Historical by motist on Friday, 03 October 2014
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http://nocamels.com/2014/08/discovery-in-israel-of-oldest-metal-object-in-middle-east-pushes-back-historical-knowledge-by-centuries/
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