claim · claim_metal_provenance_not_identity
Metal provenance can identify compatible ore-source zones but not the ethnicity, language or political identity of miners, smiths, traders or users.
Metal provenance can identify compatible ore-source zones but not the ethnicity, language or political identity of miners, smiths, traders or users.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · supports assignment and caveat
The rise of bronze in Central Asia: new evidence for the origin of Bronze Age tin and copper from multi-analytical research — Daniel Berger, Kai Kaniuth, Nikolaus Boroffka, Gerhard Brugmann, Steffen Kraus, Joachim Lutz, Mike Teufer, Andreas Wittke, Ernst Pernicka (2023)Provides object-level source evidence and limits.
Locator: Analytical sample and provenance discussion - supports · provides archaeological observation
In the heat of the furnaces: 300 years of metalmaking at Bronze Age Taldysai, central Kazakhstan — Ilaria Calgaro, Antonina Sergeevna Yermolayeva, Miljana Radivojevic (2026)Shows local manufacturing separate from ultimate ore and destination questions.
Locator: Production sequence
Contradicting sources
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Other source context
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