Excavations at Hacınebi, Turkey

Systems of Value and the Changing Perception of Metal Commodities, ca. 4000–2600bc

“…77 These sixty-four metal artifacts included spearheads, knives, swords, axes, chisels, awls, diadems, pins, bracelets, hair spirals and rings, necklaces, and two metal vessels. 78 Apart from these two extremely metal-rich burials, there are several burials from Carchemish, 79 Hacınebi, 80 Tilbeş Höyük, 81 the Birecik Dam Cemetery, 82 and Hassek Höyük 83 that also exhibit more metal grave goods than their contemporaries in the same site or cemetery. Yet none of these burials compares to the extravagance displayed in those of the Qara Quzaq or Arslantepe "royalty."…”