Vince Pigott's Impact on Iranian Archaeometallurgy

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Archaeometallurgy, Eurasia and Beyond: Papers in Honor of Vince Pigott" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Iranian Plateau is widely acknowledged to be one of the original 'heartlands' of metallurgical production in the Old World, from the early adoption of native copper to the large-scale production of arsenical copper to the eventual adoption and production of iron. But our understanding of Iran's place in the history of metallurgical production only came into focus thanks to the groundbreaking work of Vincent C. Pigott. In this paper, two acolytes highlight some of his most important contributions to the archaeometallurgy of this region, and demonstrate the incredible impact his work has had on the generations of scholars who came after.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• Archaeometallurgy, Eurasia and Beyond: Papers in Honor of Vince Pigott

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Abstract Id(s): 52168