The geoarchaeology of “waste heaps” from the ancient mining and beneficiation of copper-rich ores in the Wadi Khalid in southern Jordan

John Grattan; David D. Gilbertson; Jonathon H. Waller; Russell B. Adams

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2013.08.001

The geoarchaeology of “waste heaps” from the ancient mining and beneficiation of copper-rich ores in the Wadi Khalid in southern Jordan

John Grattan
, David D. Gilbertson
, Jonathon H. Waller
, Russell B. Adams

Adran Daearyddiaeth a Gwyddorau Daear

University of Waterloo
University of Plymouth

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Two main types of ancient mining-waste/spoil deposits were identified on the floor of the Wadi Khalid in the foothills of the Mountains of Edom near the ancient metallurgical centre of the Khirbat Faynan. The Khalid OP Beds are primarily the product of the purposeful breaking and selection of copper-rich clasts of particular sizes as part of the beneficiation of the mined ores, whereas the Khalid W Beds appear to be the result of the widespread discard of the more abundant final “waste products”. Geochemical studies of their surface copper contents by p-XRF of both deposits at eroding exposures conform to these interpretations

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Dyddiad ar-lein cynnar	29 Ion 2014
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Surficial geology Wadi Khalid 3.1 May 4 2012Llawysgrif awdur wedi’i dderbyn, 136 KB
Fig 1 Khalid Colluvium Grattan et al. 2012 May 4Fersiwn arall, 55.9 KB
Fig 2 Khalid colluvium Grattan et al. 2012 May4 2 partsFersiwn arall, 306 KB
Fig 3 Khalid Colluvium Grattan et al. 2012 May 4Fersiwn arall, 187 KB
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Ethno-geochemical and phytolith studies of activity related patterns: A case study from Al Ma'tan, Jordan
Jenkins, E. L., Allcock, S. L., Elliott, S., Palmer, C. & Grattan, J., 05 Medi 2017, Yn: Environmental Archaeology: The Journal of Human Palaeoecology. 22, 4, t. 412-433 22 t.
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The geoarchaeology of “waste heaps” from the ancient mining and beneficiation of copper-rich ores in the Wadi Khalid in southern Jordan

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