What is the evidence?

observation

Analytical evidence at Baiões documents smelting and recycling within a Late Bronze Age habitat context.

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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.

Preferred assertion

1200 BCE–900 BCE

Precision: range

moderate

Preferred display range for this release. It preserves BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower samples, phase dates or alternatives listed separately.

Interpretation and caveats

Production combined local technical practice with the circulation and reuse of metal; it need not imply centralized workshop administration.

Event context

Classification

Event type: metallurgical production and recycling

Evidence layer: archaeological

Timeline role: regional core

Why it matters to the timeline

The event supplies direct production evidence for the required Atlantic Portugal and metallurgy coverage.

Research notes

  • Provides the direct materials evidence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: pp. 1623–1634, smelting and recycling analyses.

Evidence and sources

Where to go next

Referenced records