event · EVT-BRITISH-TIN-MEDITERRANEAN
Southwest British tin reaches Mediterranean shipwreck cargoes
Tin ingots from four Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Mediterranean shipwrecks have geochemical and isotopic signatures consistent with southwest Britain.
What is the evidence?
observation
Tin ingots from four Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Mediterranean shipwrecks have geochemical and isotopic signatures consistent with southwest Britain.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: not recorded. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1300 BCE–600 BCE
Precision: not specified
varies by wreck- informs · provides provenance dataset and interpretation
From Land's End to the Levant: did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean? — R. Alan Williams, Benjamin W. Roberts, and collaborators (2025)
Interpretation and caveats
The Late Bronze Age economic world extended far beyond royal eastern Mediterranean exchange circuits.
Event context
Classification
Event type: long distance trade evidence
People and places
Locations: Southwest Britain tin sources, Mediterranean shipwreck sites
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides provenance dataset and interpretation
From Land's End to the Levant: did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean? — R. Alan Williams, Benjamin W. Roberts, and collaborators (2025)
Referenced records
- Southwest Britain tin sources · entity