entity · place_iberia1_central_mediterranean
Central Mediterranean connection frame
Also known as: Sardinia, Sicily, Tyrrhenian Sea
External interaction frame for object provenance, technological comparison and exchange-node development.
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.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · contextualizes
Establishing the Middle Sea: The Late Bronze Age of Mediterranean Europe (1700–900 BC) — Francesco Iacono, Elisabetta Borgna, Maurizio Cattani, Claudio Cavazzuti, Helen Dawson, Yannis Galanakis, Maja Gori, Cristiano Iaia, Nicola Ialongo, Thibault Lachenal, Alberto Lorrio, Rafael Micó, Barry Molloy, Argyro Nafplioti, Kewin Peche-Quilichini, Cristina Rihuete-Herrada, Roberto Risch (2022)Provides comparative Mediterranean network context.
Locator: pp. 371–445 - informs · contextualizes
Sant’Imbenia (Alghero): further archaeometric evidence for an Iron Age market square — M. Clemenza, B. Billeci, M. Carpinelli, M. Ferrante, E. Fiorini, G. Gasperetti, S. Nisi, P. Oliva, V. Sipala, P. R. Trincherini, I. M. Villa, M. Rendeli (2021)Provides a specific late ninth-century exchange-node case.
Locator: article 181, provenance discussion
Research description
The frame records evidence-linked connections without treating Sardinian, Sicilian or Iberian material as proof of colonies or direct voyages.
Evidence and sources
- supports · contextualizes
Establishing the Middle Sea: The Late Bronze Age of Mediterranean Europe (1700–900 BC) — Francesco Iacono, Elisabetta Borgna, Maurizio Cattani, Claudio Cavazzuti, Helen Dawson, Yannis Galanakis, Maja Gori, Cristiano Iaia, Nicola Ialongo, Thibault Lachenal, Alberto Lorrio, Rafael Micó, Barry Molloy, Argyro Nafplioti, Kewin Peche-Quilichini, Cristina Rihuete-Herrada, Roberto Risch (2022)Provides comparative Mediterranean network context.
Locator: pp. 371–445 - supports · contextualizes
Sant’Imbenia (Alghero): further archaeometric evidence for an Iron Age market square — M. Clemenza, B. Billeci, M. Carpinelli, M. Ferrante, E. Fiorini, G. Gasperetti, S. Nisi, P. Oliva, V. Sipala, P. R. Trincherini, I. M. Villa, M. Rendeli (2021)Provides a specific late ninth-century exchange-node case.
Locator: article 181, provenance discussion