entity · resource_iberia1_northwest_tin_landscapes
Northwest Iberian tin landscapes
Also known as: Galician and northern Portuguese tin zones
Analytical resource frame for cassiterite-bearing landscapes and their possible place in Atlantic bronze 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.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · contextualizes
From Land's End to the Levant: did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean? — R. Alan Williams, Benjamin W. Roberts, and collaborators (2025)Provides comparative provenance evidence and limits.
Locator: pp. 708–726 - informs · provides archaeological observation
Smelting and recycling evidences from the Late Bronze Age habitat site of Baiões (Viseu, Portugal) — Elin Figueiredo, Rui J. C. Silva, João C. Senna-Martinez, M. Fátima Araújo, Francisco M. Braz Fernandes, João L. Inês Vaz (2010)Provides regional bronze-working evidence but not mine attribution.
Locator: pp. 1623–1634
Research description
Geological availability does not establish extraction date, output, ownership or a single route; mine-level archaeological proof remains uneven.
Evidence and sources
- supports · contextualizes
From Land's End to the Levant: did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean? — R. Alan Williams, Benjamin W. Roberts, and collaborators (2025)Provides comparative provenance evidence and limits.
Locator: pp. 708–726 - supports · provides archaeological observation
Smelting and recycling evidences from the Late Bronze Age habitat site of Baiões (Viseu, Portugal) — Elin Figueiredo, Rui J. C. Silva, João C. Senna-Martinez, M. Fátima Araújo, Francisco M. Braz Fernandes, João L. Inês Vaz (2010)Provides regional bronze-working evidence but not mine attribution.
Locator: pp. 1623–1634