relationship · rel_bi_irish_continuity_counters_collapse
rel_bi_irish_continuity_counters_collapse
Substantial metallurgical continuity across the working 1140 BCE boundary contradicts a universal technological rupture.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Research description
Substantial metallurgical continuity across the working 1140 BCE boundary contradicts a universal technological rupture.
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports relationship
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
Referenced records
- Synchronous 1200 BCE collapse or invasion model · causal hypothesis
- Continuity and adjustment in Irish bronze alloying · event