property · prop_copper_production_node
Copper-production node
Direct evidence for one or more stages of copper production.
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.
Research description
Assigned only where mining, ore preparation, smelting, matte processing, refining, melting, alloying, casting, recycling, or slag evidence is archaeologically documented. The assignment records the stage rather than assuming full-chain control.
Evidence and sources
- informs · defines property
The Production and Trade of Cypriot Copper in the Late Bronze Age: An Analysis of the Evidence — Vasiliki Kassianidou (2013)Defines separable stages and evidential cautions.
Locator: Production-chain synthesis