event · evt_iberia1_cantabrian_late_bronze_activity
Late Bronze Age settlement and Atlantic-facing activity along the Cantabrian coast
Available syntheses indicate participation of northern coastal zones in later Bronze Age settlement and Atlantic-facing material networks, but securely normalized local site sequences remain sparse in this package.
What is the evidence?
observation
Available syntheses indicate participation of northern coastal zones in later Bronze Age settlement and Atlantic-facing material networks, but securely normalized local site sequences remain sparse in this package.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.
1100 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
lowPreferred display range for this release. It preserves BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower samples, phase dates or alternatives listed separately.
- 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 the larger Atlantic metal-provenance frame.
Locator: pp. 708–726 - supports · contextualizes
Establishing the Middle Sea: The Late Bronze Age of Mediterranean Europe (1700–900 BC) — Francesco Iacono, Elisabetta Borgna, Maurizio Cattani, Claudio Cavazzuti, Helen Dawson, Yannis Galanakis, Maja Gori, Cristiano Iaia, Nicola Ialongo, Thibault Lachenal, Alberto Lorrio, Rafael Micó, Barry Molloy, Argyro Nafplioti, Kewin Peche-Quilichini, Cristina Rihuete-Herrada, Roberto Risch (2022)Provides broad chronological and network context.
Locator: pp. 371–445, Iberian and Atlantic comparisons
Interpretation and caveats
The atlas records a low-resolution regional horizon and a research gap, not a unified Cantabrian culture or migration event.
Event context
Classification
Event type: regional settlement and exchange horizon
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Cantabrian coast interaction frame, Atlantic Bronze Age network model
Why it matters to the timeline
A required coverage row is included because omission would falsely turn an evidence gap into absence.
Research notes
- Provides broad chronological and network context. Role: contextualizes. Locator: pp. 371–445, Iberian and Atlantic comparisons.
- Provides the larger Atlantic metal-provenance frame. Role: contextualizes. Locator: pp. 708–726.
Evidence and sources
- supports · contextualizes
Establishing the Middle Sea: The Late Bronze Age of Mediterranean Europe (1700–900 BC) — Francesco Iacono, Elisabetta Borgna, Maurizio Cattani, Claudio Cavazzuti, Helen Dawson, Yannis Galanakis, Maja Gori, Cristiano Iaia, Nicola Ialongo, Thibault Lachenal, Alberto Lorrio, Rafael Micó, Barry Molloy, Argyro Nafplioti, Kewin Peche-Quilichini, Cristina Rihuete-Herrada, Roberto Risch (2022)Provides broad chronological and network context.
Locator: pp. 371–445, Iberian and Atlantic comparisons - 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 the larger Atlantic metal-provenance frame.
Locator: pp. 708–726
Referenced records
- Cantabrian coast interaction frame · entity
- Atlantic Bronze Age network model · entity