Ancient technology and punctuated change: Detecting the emergence of the Edomite Kingdom in the Southern Levant.
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
04
04
2019
accepted:
19
08
2019
entrez:
19
9
2019
pubmed:
19
9
2019
medline:
10
3
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
While the punctuated equilibrium model has been employed in paleontological and archaeological research, it has rarely been applied for technological and social evolution in the Holocene. Using metallurgical technologies from the Wadi Arabah (Jordan/Israel) as a case study, we demonstrate a gradual technological development (13th-10th c. BCE) followed by a human agency-triggered punctuated "leap" (late-10th c. BCE) simultaneously across the entire region (an area of ~2000 km2). Here, we present an unparalleled, diachronic archaeometallurgical dataset focusing on elemental analysis of dozens of well-dated slag samples. Based on the results, we suggest punctuated equilibrium provides an innovative theoretical model for exploring ancient technological changes in relation to larger sociopolitical conditions-in the case at hand the emergence of biblical Edom-, exemplifying its potential for more general cross-cultural applications.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31532811
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221967
pii: PONE-D-19-09643
pmc: PMC6750566
doi:
Substances chimiques
Copper
789U1901C5
Types de publication
Historical Article
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e0221967Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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