entity · region_bi_wales
Wales archaeological search region
Modern search frame for the Welsh peninsula and border-connected archaeological sequences.
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: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
Boom and bust in Bronze Age Britain: major copper production from the Great Orme mine and European trade, c. 1600–1400 BC — R. Alan Williams, Cécile Le Carlier de Veslud (2019)Integrates mine chronology, ore characterisation, metal analyses and production estimates to argue for a major Great Orme production peak and wide circulation.
Locator: Abstract; The Great Orme copper mine; Discussion; Conclusions; Figures 2 and 9 - informs · defines or contextualizes
Excavations and Metal-working at Llwyn Bryn-dinas Hillfort, Llangedwyn, Clwyd — C. R. Musson, W. J. Britnell, J. P. Northover, C. J. Salter, P. Q. Dresser, J. Fitt (1992)Dates the earliest fortification to the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE and separates it from much later metalworking.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 265–283; fortification chronology - informs · defines or contextualizes
Sully and Lavernock Late Bronze Age hoard — Amgueddfa Cymru, Museum WalesCuratorial account of a major south Welsh Late Bronze Age metalwork hoard including weapons and tools.
Locator: Object list, dating and interpretive discussion
Research description
Used for Great Orme mining, metalwork phases, enclosed sites, maritime connections and deposition. The modern national boundary does not define a Bronze Age cultural distribution.
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
Boom and bust in Bronze Age Britain: major copper production from the Great Orme mine and European trade, c. 1600–1400 BC — R. Alan Williams, Cécile Le Carlier de Veslud (2019)Integrates mine chronology, ore characterisation, metal analyses and production estimates to argue for a major Great Orme production peak and wide circulation.
Locator: Abstract; The Great Orme copper mine; Discussion; Conclusions; Figures 2 and 9 - supports · defines or contextualizes
Excavations and Metal-working at Llwyn Bryn-dinas Hillfort, Llangedwyn, Clwyd — C. R. Musson, W. J. Britnell, J. P. Northover, C. J. Salter, P. Q. Dresser, J. Fitt (1992)Dates the earliest fortification to the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE and separates it from much later metalworking.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 265–283; fortification chronology - supports · defines or contextualizes
Sully and Lavernock Late Bronze Age hoard — Amgueddfa Cymru, Museum WalesCuratorial account of a major south Welsh Late Bronze Age metalwork hoard including weapons and tools.
Locator: Object list, dating and interpretive discussion