event · evt_iron_use_expansion
Expansion of Iron Production and Use
Iron use expanded gradually after 1200 BCE, rather than appearing as a single technological cause of palace collapse.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Increasing iron artifacts over several centuries
- Continued bronze production
proposed causes
consequences
Gradual expansion is well established; this release lacks a dedicated metallurgical regional dataset.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: reviewed for v0.1. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
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.
1200 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: broad technological range
moderatearchaeometallurgical and artifact sequences
- informs · supports
The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age: Continuity and Change between the Twelfth and Eighth Centuries BC — Oliver Dickinson (2006)
Locator: technology chapters - informs · reviews
Crisis in Context: The End of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean — A. Bernard Knapp, Sturt W. Manning (2016)
Locator: causal models
Event context
People and places
Locations: Eastern Mediterranean
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports
The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age: Continuity and Change between the Twelfth and Eighth Centuries BC — Oliver Dickinson (2006)Source relationship recorded for Expansion of Iron Production and Use.
Locator: technology chapters - informs · reviews
Crisis in Context: The End of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean — A. Bernard Knapp, Sturt W. Manning (2016)Source relationship recorded for Expansion of Iron Production and Use.
Locator: causal models
Referenced records
- Eastern Mediterranean · entity