entity · phase_bi_irish_late_bronze
Irish Late Bronze Age metallurgical phase
Working periodization for Irish metallurgy around 1140–800 BCE.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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.
1140 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
New data on Irish Later Bronze Age metallurgy: exploring technological continuity and change — Carlo Bottaini, Dirk Brandherm (2026)Chemical analysis of 105 Irish Middle and Late Bronze Age artefacts finds broad continuity in Cu-Sn alloying with occasional elevated lead.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 1–36; dataset discussion
Research description
The phase contains internal variation and does not imply a synchronous island-wide change in settlement, burial or identity.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Archaeological label, not a people
The name is a modern archaeological classification rather than an ancient self-designation.
Why does this record have this property?
Irish Late Bronze Age metallurgical phase is used as an archaeological classification and is not treated as an ancient people.
- New data on Irish Later Bronze Age metallurgy: exploring technological continuity and change
supports assignment · Abstract; pp. 1–36; dataset discussion
Continuity and adaptation
Evidence supports continued occupation, practice or production through a period of change.
Why does this record have this property?
The sequence preserves persistence and reorganization across chronological thresholds rather than a simple local disappearance around 1200 BCE.
- New data on Irish Later Bronze Age metallurgy: exploring technological continuity and change
supports assignment · Abstract; pp. 1–36; dataset discussion
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
New data on Irish Later Bronze Age metallurgy: exploring technological continuity and change — Carlo Bottaini, Dirk Brandherm (2026)Chemical analysis of 105 Irish Middle and Late Bronze Age artefacts finds broad continuity in Cu-Sn alloying with occasional elevated lead.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 1–36; dataset discussion