claim · claim_bi_great_orme_provenance_compatibility
Chemical compatibility links some British and continental bronze to Great Orme-type copper, but it does not identify every object as Great Orme metal or reconstruct a unique route.
Chemical compatibility links some British and continental bronze to Great Orme-type copper, but it does not identify every object as Great Orme metal or reconstruct a unique route.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: supported with caveats. This is separate from specialist review.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · supports claim
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
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Referenced records
- North Sea interaction zone · entity
- Channel and Atlantic façade interaction zone · entity
- Great Orme copper mine · entity