Copper Oxhide Ingot Database

Part of the Copper Oxhide Ingot Database project

Creator(s): Alaina Kaiser; CORNELL UNIV

Year: 2013

Summary

This database is the product of my research to create a catalogue of all published copper oxhide ingot remains from the Late Bronze Age. The resulting database and paper is in effort to complete my Master's of Archaeology from Cornell University. It composes the main physical and contextual data for the known copper oxhide ingot remains, including the information about the enigmatic marks found on some of the ingots. This database is intended to be an ongoing project, and has been made public on the internet for the use of other scholars interested in the field. The author of the database invites any and suggestions for the improvement of the information held here, as well as any additions of new or unknown finds.

Cite this Record

Copper Oxhide Ingot Database. Alaina Kaiser, CORNELL UNIV. 2013 ( tDAR id: 380813) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8N01650

Data Set Structure

Measurement Column
Count Column
Coded Column
Filename Column
Integration Column (has Ontology)

Table Information: copper-oxhide-ingot-catalogue

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
Site Name of site in which an artifact was found.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Date Precise or estimated date given to an artifact or its contextual provenience.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Oxhide Ingot - Integrity Integrity of artifact.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Oxhide Ingot - Width VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Oxhide Ingot - Length VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Oxhide Ingot - Thickness VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Oxhide Ingot - Weight VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Marks - Rough Side: Number Number of marks on rough side of copper oxhide ingots.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Marks - Rough Side: Sign Category of marks on rough side of copper oxhide ingots. See Ingot Mark tables.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Marks - Rough Side: Position Position of marks on rough side of copper oxhid ingot.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Region Geographical region in which the site where an artifact was found
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Context within Site Archaeological context in which an artifact was found within a site.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Oxhide Ingots - Signifier Excavation or museum signifier for artifact.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Oxhide Ingot - Type Type of copper oxhide ingot, as categorized by Buchholz's 1959 and Bass's 1967 classifications.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Oxhide Ingot - Provenience Believed provenience of the original copper within the oxhide ingots, based on chemical analyses.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Marks - Rough Side: Method of Application Method of application of marks on rough side of copper oxhide ingots : impressed versus incised.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Marks - Mold Side: Number Number of marks on mold side of copper oxhide ingot.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Marks - Mold Side: Method of Application Method of application of marks on mold side of copper oxhide ingots : impressed versus incised.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Marks - Mold Side: Sign Category of marks on mold side of copper oxhide ingots. See Ingot Mark tables.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Marks - Mold Side: Position Position of marks on mold side of copper oxhide ingot.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Marks - Other Other notes regarding the marks on copper oxhide ingot.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Other Other notes regarding artifact.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
References VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true

Keywords

Investigation Types
Collections Research • Historic Background Research • Records Search / Inventory Checking

Geographic Keywords
Mediterranean

Temporal Keywords
Late Bronze Age

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Alaina Kaiser; CORNELL UNIV

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
copper-oxhide-ingot-catalogue.xls 181.00kb Jan 3, 2013 8:38:25 AM Public
  • Translated version copper-oxhide-ingot-catalogue_translated.xls (175.00kb)
    Data column(s) in this dataset have been associated with coding sheet(s) and translated: