claim · claim_bi_great_orme_major_output
Great Orme was a major Bronze Age copper-production centre, with its highest output likely between about 1600 and 1400 BCE.
Great Orme was a major Bronze Age copper-production centre, with its highest output likely between about 1600 and 1400 BCE.
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Boom and bust in Bronze Age Britain: major copper production from the Great Orme mine and European trade, c. 1600–1400 BC — R. Alan Williams, Cécile Le Carlier de Veslud (2019)Integrates mine chronology, ore characterisation, metal analyses and production estimates to argue for a major Great Orme production peak and wide circulation.
Locator: Abstract; The Great Orme copper mine; Discussion; Conclusions; Figures 2 and 9 - supports · supports claim
Use-wear and technological analysis of animal-bone mining tools from the Great Orme Bronze Age copper mine — Olga Zagorodnia (2026)Examines manufacture and use of animal-bone mining tools from Great Orme.
Locator: Abstract; methods; use-wear results and discussion
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Referenced records
- Peak copper production at Great Orme · event
- Great Orme copper mine · entity