causal hypothesis · hyp_iron_innovation_response_to_network_change
Iron innovation responded partly to changing networks
Expansion of iron production in Early Iron Age Cyprus was encouraged by altered access to tin, copper-export organization, military and agricultural demand, and specialist experimentation.
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Expansion of iron production in Early Iron Age Cyprus was encouraged by altered access to tin, copper-export organization, military and agricultural demand, and specialist experimentation.Evidence and sources
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- 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 continuity and innovation.
Locator: Early Iron Age metallurgy - informs · contextualizes
The Production and Trade of Cypriot Copper in the Late Bronze Age: An Analysis of the Evidence — Vasiliki Kassianidou (2013)Provides the copper-side comparison.
Locator: Copper production transition - informs · provides case study
Metalworking and Recycling in Late Bronze Age Cyprus: The Evidence from Kition — Vassos Karageorghis, Vasiliki Kassianidou (1999)Documents ongoing recycling and craft.
Locator: Kition workshop adaptation