title: Evidence of early pyrometallurgy in the kerman range in iran.
abstract: Physical and chemical anal ysis of pottery fragments, including a crucible shard and ore samples from Tal-i-Iblis, Iran, suggests that copper smelting may have been well advantced late in the fifth millennium B.C.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Dougherty
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Caldwell