entity · phase_bi_irish_middle_bronze
Irish Middle Bronze Age metallurgical phase
Working periodization for Irish metallurgy around 1550–1140 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.
1550 BCE–1140 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
This analytical period is used for compositional comparison and should not be confused with a named people or a universal settlement chronology.
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 Middle 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
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