causal hypothesis · hyp_srsc1_multiple_iron_adoption_pathways
Multiple local and interregional pathways to iron adoption
Iron use expanded through multiple local experiments and interregional knowledge pathways rather than one linear diffusion from a single centre.
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Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Research assessment
statement
Iron use expanded through multiple local experiments and interregional knowledge pathways rather than one linear diffusion from a single centre.mechanisms
- rare-object circulation
- local smithing experimentation
- adaptation by bronze-working communities
- movement of specialists and knowledge
chronology test
Test securely dated production debris and metallographic chaînes opératoires across regions.geography test
Test whether technological similarities form one spatial wave or several asynchronous clusters.supporting evidence
- Uneven early objects
- continued bronze production
- regional smelting and smithing differences
important caveat
Multiple pathways does not mean fully independent invention in every region.Research description
Multiple pathways does not mean fully independent invention in every region.
Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · supports
Innovation and Adoption of Iron in the Ancient Near East — Nathaniel L. Erb-Satullo (2019)Source linked to causal_hypothesis record hyp_srsc1_multiple_iron_adoption_pathways.
Locator: Innovation and adoption review - supports · provides case
Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Copper Smelting Technologies in the South Caucasus: The View from Ancient Colchis c. 1500–600 BC — Nathaniel L. Erb-Satullo, Brian J. J. Gilmour, Nana Khakhutaishvili (2014)Source linked to causal_hypothesis record hyp_srsc1_multiple_iron_adoption_pathways.
Locator: Western Georgian metallurgy - supports · provides case
Tli Necropolis — L. PantskavaSource linked to causal_hypothesis record hyp_srsc1_multiple_iron_adoption_pathways.
Locator: Limited early iron in cemetery sequence
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