event · evt_early_iron_metallurgical_innovation
Early Iron Age metallurgical innovation and changing copper organization
Iron working expanded while copper and bronze production continued in altered technical and settlement contexts.
What is the evidence?
observation
Iron working expanded while copper and bronze production continued in altered technical and settlement contexts.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.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1125 BCE–900 BCE
Precision: approximate
moderatePreferred display range for this event. It preserves positive BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower contexts or alternative chronology models.
- informs · provides synthesis
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Reviews continuing copper and emerging iron practices.
Locator: Metallurgy across LC III–CG - informs · contextualizes
The Production and Trade of Cypriot Copper in the Late Bronze Age: An Analysis of the Evidence — Vasiliki Kassianidou (2013)Separates production continuity from export scale.
Locator: Long-term copper production
Interpretation and caveats
The shift reflects innovation within changing networks rather than a sudden replacement of bronze or cessation of Cypriot copper production.
Event context
Classification
Event type: metallurgical technology transition
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Troodos copper ore and slag landscapes, Kition-Kathari, Enkomi
Why it matters to the timeline
Directly reconstructs a Cypriot site, landscape, institution, community, or chronological transition within the primary interval.
Research notes
- Reviews continuing copper and emerging iron practices. Role: provides synthesis. Locator: Metallurgy across LC III–CG.
- Separates production continuity from export scale. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Long-term copper production.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides synthesis
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Reviews continuing copper and emerging iron practices.
Locator: Metallurgy across LC III–CG - informs · contextualizes
The Production and Trade of Cypriot Copper in the Late Bronze Age: An Analysis of the Evidence — Vasiliki Kassianidou (2013)Separates production continuity from export scale.
Locator: Long-term copper production
Referenced records
- Kition-Kathari · entity
- Enkomi · entity
- Troodos copper ore and slag landscapes · entity