entity · region_bi_dowris
Dowris archaeological metalwork phase and distribution
Irish later Bronze Age metalwork classification conventionally beginning around the ninth century 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.
900 BCE–600 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 - informs · defines or contextualizes
Late Bronze Age gold hoards: Mooghaun and Dowris — National Museum of IrelandCuratorial synthesis of major Irish gold and bronze hoards and their depositional settings.
Locator: Mooghaun and Dowris sections; object totals and context
Research description
Dowris groups characteristic swords, spearheads, horns, vessels and ornaments. It is a chronological and typological tool, not an ancient self-designation or a bounded people. Its later development extends beyond 800 BCE.
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?
Dowris archaeological metalwork phase and distribution 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 - Late Bronze Age gold hoards: Mooghaun and Dowris
supports assignment · Mooghaun and Dowris sections; object totals and context
Contextual record outside primary interval
The record lies partly or chiefly outside 1600–800 BCE but clarifies an antecedent or consequence.
Why does this record have this property?
The record extends materially outside 1600–800 BCE and is included only to clarify an antecedent or consequence.
- New data on Irish Later Bronze Age metallurgy: exploring technological continuity and change
supports assignment · Abstract; pp. 1–36; dataset discussion - Late Bronze Age gold hoards: Mooghaun and Dowris
supports assignment · Mooghaun and Dowris sections; object totals and context
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 - supports · defines or contextualizes
Late Bronze Age gold hoards: Mooghaun and Dowris — National Museum of IrelandCuratorial synthesis of major Irish gold and bronze hoards and their depositional settings.
Locator: Mooghaun and Dowris sections; object totals and context