claim · claim_iberia1_cassiterides_not_polygon
The Cassiterides tradition cannot be converted into a fixed Bronze Age tin-source polygon.
The Cassiterides tradition cannot be converted into a fixed Bronze Age tin-source polygon.
Review and provenance
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · supports
Histories 3.115: the Cassiterides and tin — HerodotusProvides the explicit ancient uncertainty.
Locator: Histories 3.115 - supports · contextualizes
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)Provides independent scientific provenance evidence that remains distinct from literary geography.
Locator: pp. 708–726
Contradicting sources
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Referenced records
- Cassiterides tin-islands tradition · entity
- Northwest Iberian tin landscapes · entity