Louise Steel– Materiality and Consumption in the Bronze Age Mediterranean
The Western Marmarica Coastal Survey, Libya
Pragmatic Technology and the Libyan Bronze Age
The last decade has seen an increase in our knowledge of the archaeology of the Libyans in the western desert of Egypt. This paper considers the extent to which the Libyans possessed a metals technology. Without access to indigenous ore bodies, it has been widely assumed that theLibyans lacked any metallurgical know- how. The discovery of crucibles…