Long-term institutional affiliation, advanced research facilities, and sustained philanthropic and industrial support—including from the Volkswagen Foundation, Rio Tinto Zinc, major European and American metals companies, and members of the London Metal Exchange—enabled IAMS to pursue one of the most comprehensive archaeometallurgical research programmes ever undertaken.

From large-scale excavations at Timna (1974–1990) to experimental archaeology and advanced mathematical modelling of metallurgical processes, this systematic, long-range research transformed Timna into a global reference site and textbook case for early copper metallurgy.

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