entity · net_bronze_metal_exchange
Bronze-Metal Exchange Networks
Overlapping networks moving copper, tin, finished metal and weighing practices across Western Eurasia.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: not recorded. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
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Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1600 BCE–1000 BCE
Precision: not specified
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Properties and assignments
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Resource Network
A network linking producers, traders, consumers, and political systems through the movement of strategically important materials.
Why does this record have this property?
The network moved copper, tin, finished metal, and weighing practices between distant regions.
- The Uluburun Shipwreck: An Overview
supports assignment - Tin from Uluburun Shipwreck Shows Small-Scale Commodity Exchange Fueled Continental Tin Supply across Late Bronze Age Eurasia
supports assignment - Trading and Weighing Metals in Bronze Age Western Eurasia
supports assignment
Long-Distance Trade
Material exchange connecting communities across substantial geographic distances.
Why does this record have this property?
Shipwreck cargoes, metal provenance, and shared weighing systems demonstrate long-distance exchange.
Systemic Network Vulnerability
Dependence on interlinked political, resource, and exchange systems that may transmit or amplify disruption.
Why does this record have this property?
Resource specialization and long-distance procurement created potential bottlenecks, but local substitution and recycling must also be considered.
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports entity record
Bronze Age Weight Systems as a Measure of Market Integration in Western Eurasia — Nicola Ialongo, Raphael Hermann, Lorenz Rahmstorf (2021)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Bronze-Metal Exchange Networks.
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Trading and Weighing Metals in Bronze Age Western Eurasia — Helle Vandkilde, Nicola Ialongo, Raphael Hermann, Lorenz Rahmstorf (2021)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Bronze-Metal Exchange Networks.
- supports · supports entity record
Tin from Uluburun Shipwreck Shows Small-Scale Commodity Exchange Fueled Continental Tin Supply across Late Bronze Age Eurasia — Wayne Powell, Michael R. Johnson, et al. (2022)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Bronze-Metal Exchange Networks.
- supports · supports entity record
Isotope Systematics and Chemical Composition of Tin Ingots from Mochlos and Other Late Bronze Age Sites — Daniel Berger, Janet L. Jones, Ernst Pernicka, et al. (2019)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Bronze-Metal Exchange Networks.