What is the evidence?

observation

The Lloseta hoard combines provenance evidence largely compatible with archipelago materials and forms that participate in wider Late Bronze Age comparisons.

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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

The assemblage supports local technical agency and hybridization; formal resemblance alone does not demonstrate mass migration or direct voyages.

Event context

Classification

Event type: metal hoard deposition

Evidence layer: archaeological

Timeline role: regional core

Why it matters to the timeline

The event covers Balearic hoards, metallurgy and central Mediterranean comparison.

Research notes

  • Provides the direct archaeometric evidence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: pp. 115–134, provenance and hybridization analysis.

Evidence and sources

Where to go next

Referenced records