Archaeometallurgy

process by which a duplicate sculpture (often metal) is cast from an original sculpture

thumb|A Hittite lion from the Neo-Hittite era (1180-700 BC) at the entrance to the ruins of Arslantepe. thumb|A Hittite relief of a libation to Tiwaz and Arma from the ruins of Arslantepe at the [[Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara.]] Arslantepe, also known as Melid, was an ancient city on the Tohma River, a tributary of the upper Euphrates rising in the Taurus Mountains. It has been identified with the modern archaeological site of Arslantepe near Malatya, Turkey.

thumb|A bloomery in operation. The bloom will eventually be drawn out of the bottom hole.

thumb|200px| 16th century cupellation furnaces (per Georgius Agricola|Agricola)

Aratashen (, also Romanized as Arratashen; also, Artashen; until 1978 Zeyva Hayi – meaning "Armenian Zeyva", Zeyva, Bol’shaya Zeyva and Nerkin-Zeyva) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is located on the Ararat Plain.

Archaeometallurgy is the study of the past use and production of metals by humans. It is a sub-discipline of archaeology and archaeological science that examines the relationship between human societies and metallurgical technologies throughout history.

archaeological site in Serbia

Değirmentepe or Değirmentepe Hüyük is an archaeological site which is located at 50 km north of the river Euphrates and at 24 km in the northeast of Malatya province in eastern Anatolia. It is now submerged in the reservoir area of the Karakaya and Atatürk dams. Rescue excavations were undertaken in under the supervision of Ufuk Esin of Istanbul University and interrupted in by flooding of the dams.

archaeological expedition