Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series

Copper metal production during the Middle Bronze Age (2100-1700 BCE) of the Central Eurasian Steppes has been routinely characterized as a highly specialized form of craft production with important implications for new forms of socio-economic complexity, political authority, and macro-scale trade and exchange across Eurasia. This presentation critically examines these views and focuses on archaeological evidence for local resource exploitation and metal production at two Sintashta culture...