The site of Porsuk and Bulgarmaden's mine Summary. The site of Porsuk in Southern Cappadocia was settled by the Hittites as early as the XVIIth century B.C. In addition to the strategic usefulness of the hôyiik in a valley connecting the central Anatolian plateau to the plain of Cilicia, there was also the necessity to control the access to the Bulgarmaden's mine of argentiferous lead in nearby Taurus. The excavations by a French archeological mission at work since 1968 prove that the extraction of the metal from the ore was in Antiquity performed on the very site, chiefly during the Hittite period (end of the second millenium) ans the Early Iron age (beginning of the first millenium).Le site de Porsuk en Cappadoce méridionale a été occupé...
National audienceNew surveys on the Séronais copper mining district have provided a better understan...
National audienceNew surveys on the Séronais copper mining district have provided a better understan...
National audienceNew surveys on the Séronais copper mining district have provided a better understan...
The site of Porsuk and Bulgarmaden's mine Summary. The site of Porsuk in Southern Cappadocia was se...
International audienceThis site south of Cappadocia, at the foot of the Taurus, is the subject of ar...
International audienceThis site south of Cappadocia, at the foot of the Taurus, is the subject of ar...
International audienceThe Armoricain Massif receives a very important quantity of ores of gold, tin ...
International audienceThe Armoricain Massif receives a very important quantity of ores of gold, tin ...
Since 2009, a team of archaeologists specialized in mines and metallurgy from TRACES, a research cen...
The Calel mining and metallurgical site at Soreze (Tarn). The Calel site at Soreze (Tarn, France) o...
LE DISTRICT DE MELLE A ETE EXPLOITE ENTRE LE VIIE ET LE XE SIECLE. IL REPRESENTE LA PLUS IMPORTANTE ...
Antique mines and metal industry in the Kaymar area (north-west Aveyron). The exploitation of the s...
National audienceNew surveys on the Séronais copper mining district have provided a better understan...
Since 2009, a team of archaeologists specialized in mines and metallurgy from TRACES, a research cen...
National audienceNew surveys on the Séronais copper mining district have provided a better understan...
National audienceNew surveys on the Séronais copper mining district have provided a better understan...
National audienceNew surveys on the Séronais copper mining district have provided a better understan...
National audienceNew surveys on the Séronais copper mining district have provided a better understan...
The site of Porsuk and Bulgarmaden's mine Summary. The site of Porsuk in Southern Cappadocia was se...
International audienceThis site south of Cappadocia, at the foot of the Taurus, is the subject of ar...
International audienceThis site south of Cappadocia, at the foot of the Taurus, is the subject of ar...
International audienceThe Armoricain Massif receives a very important quantity of ores of gold, tin ...
International audienceThe Armoricain Massif receives a very important quantity of ores of gold, tin ...
Since 2009, a team of archaeologists specialized in mines and metallurgy from TRACES, a research cen...
The Calel mining and metallurgical site at Soreze (Tarn). The Calel site at Soreze (Tarn, France) o...
LE DISTRICT DE MELLE A ETE EXPLOITE ENTRE LE VIIE ET LE XE SIECLE. IL REPRESENTE LA PLUS IMPORTANTE ...
Antique mines and metal industry in the Kaymar area (north-west Aveyron). The exploitation of the s...
National audienceNew surveys on the Séronais copper mining district have provided a better understan...
Since 2009, a team of archaeologists specialized in mines and metallurgy from TRACES, a research cen...
National audienceNew surveys on the Séronais copper mining district have provided a better understan...
National audienceNew surveys on the Séronais copper mining district have provided a better understan...
National audienceNew surveys on the Séronais copper mining district have provided a better understan...
National audienceNew surveys on the Séronais copper mining district have provided a better understan...