relationship · rel_bi_mount_gabriel_antecedes_irish_metallurgy
rel_bi_mount_gabriel_antecedes_irish_metallurgy
Mount Gabriel's main mining sequence precedes and overlaps only the beginning of the working Irish Middle Bronze Age metallurgical phase.
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
Mount Gabriel's main mining sequence precedes and overlaps only the beginning of the working Irish Middle Bronze Age metallurgical phase.
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports relationship
Prehistoric Copper Mining in South-West Ireland: The Mount Gabriel-Type Mines — William F. O'Brien (1990)Synthesises survey and excavation of Mount Gabriel-type mines, including an 11 m working and preserved wooden tools.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 269–290; chronology and mine 3/4 sections - 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
- Irish Middle Bronze Age metallurgical phase · entity
- Mount Gabriel mining district · entity