myth interpretation · myth_iberia1_cassiterides_tin_geography
Cassiterides as uncertain Classical geographic compression of western tin knowledge
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alternative interpretations
- The name may have referred to a specific island group, a mainland zone conceptualized as islands, or a largely literary geography.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides primary evidence
Histories 3.115: the Cassiterides and tin — HerodotusProvides the ancient uncertainty.
Locator: Histories 3.115 - 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 independent scientific evidence for western tin circulation.
Locator: pp. 708–726