ABSTRACT
The site of Hasanlu provides a very useful focus for the examination of northwestern Iran as a bronzeworking center in the first half of the first millennium BC because of the richness of its artifact assemblage. With the destruction of Hasanlu and the abandonment of other related sites in the region the Iron II phase ended as did the prominence of the area as a center for metalworking. Non-artifactual evidence for manufacturing is limited, but that provided by the objects themselves is copious. Non-artifactual evidence for manufacturing is limited, but that provided by the objects themselves is copious. Some 2000 copper or bronze artifacts cover a wide range of functional categories including equestrian gear, items of architectural and domestic ornamentation such as wail plaques and furniture decoration, vessels, personal ornaments, toilet articles, bronze caps and pins for cylinder seals, tools, weapons, and armour.
