entity · site_bi_salcombe
Salcombe B and related offshore assemblages
Offshore metalwork and ingot assemblages near Salcombe, Devon.
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.
1300 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
The Salcombe metal cargoes: New light on the provenance and circulation of tin and copper in Later Bronze Age Europe provided by trace elements and isotopes — Daniel Berger, Quanyu Wang, Gerhard Brügmann, Nicole Lockhoff, Benjamin W. Roberts, Ernst Pernicka (2022)Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
Locator: Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions - informs · defines or contextualizes
Copper ingots from a probable Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Salcombe, Devon: Composition and microstructure — Quanyu Wang, Stanislav Strekopytov, Benjamin W. Roberts (2018)Analyses 25 copper ingots and selected microstructures from the Salcombe seabed assemblage.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 102–117; provenance discussion - informs · defines or contextualizes
Tin ingots from a probable Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Salcombe, Devon: Composition and microstructure — Quanyu Wang, Stanislav Strekopytov, Benjamin W. Roberts, Neil Wilkin (2016)Provides direct compositional and microstructural analysis of the large Salcombe tin-ingot assemblage.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 80–92; discussion and conclusion
Research description
Several hundred objects include copper and tin ingots, tools, weapons, ornaments and scrap. The material is commonly modelled as at least two depositional or loss episodes, but whether each assemblage represents a wreck, cargo loss, repeated deposition or another process remains open.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Maritime exchange node
A coastal or underwater record materially informs seaborne movement or exchange.
Why does this record have this property?
The record materially informs waterborne movement or coastal exchange, but it does not determine every route or social mechanism.
- The Salcombe metal cargoes: New light on the provenance and circulation of tin and copper in Later Bronze Age Europe provided by trace elements and isotopes
supports assignment · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Depositional meaning contested
The physical deposit is secure but its intended meaning or duration is disputed.
Why does this record have this property?
The deposit is archaeologically significant, but cargo loss, storage, offering, closure, repeated accumulation or other mechanisms require context-specific testing.
- The Salcombe metal cargoes: New light on the provenance and circulation of tin and copper in Later Bronze Age Europe provided by trace elements and isotopes
supports assignment · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions - Copper ingots from a probable Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Salcombe, Devon: Composition and microstructure
supports assignment · Abstract; pp. 102–117; provenance discussion - Tin ingots from a probable Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Salcombe, Devon: Composition and microstructure
supports assignment · Abstract; pp. 80–92; discussion and conclusion
Contact evidence does not by itself prove migration
Objects, styles or materials indicate contact or circulation without uniquely identifying population movement.
Why does this record have this property?
The evidence supports contact, circulation or individual mobility but does not alone establish mass migration or ethnic replacement.
- The Salcombe metal cargoes: New light on the provenance and circulation of tin and copper in Later Bronze Age Europe provided by trace elements and isotopes
supports assignment · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions - Copper ingots from a probable Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Salcombe, Devon: Composition and microstructure
supports assignment · Abstract; pp. 102–117; provenance discussion - Tin ingots from a probable Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Salcombe, Devon: Composition and microstructure
supports assignment · Abstract; pp. 80–92; discussion and conclusion
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
The Salcombe metal cargoes: New light on the provenance and circulation of tin and copper in Later Bronze Age Europe provided by trace elements and isotopes — Daniel Berger, Quanyu Wang, Gerhard Brügmann, Nicole Lockhoff, Benjamin W. Roberts, Ernst Pernicka (2022)Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
Locator: Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions - supports · defines or contextualizes
Copper ingots from a probable Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Salcombe, Devon: Composition and microstructure — Quanyu Wang, Stanislav Strekopytov, Benjamin W. Roberts (2018)Analyses 25 copper ingots and selected microstructures from the Salcombe seabed assemblage.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 102–117; provenance discussion - supports · defines or contextualizes
Tin ingots from a probable Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Salcombe, Devon: Composition and microstructure — Quanyu Wang, Stanislav Strekopytov, Benjamin W. Roberts, Neil Wilkin (2016)Provides direct compositional and microstructural analysis of the large Salcombe tin-ingot assemblage.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 80–92; discussion and conclusion
Referenced records
- South-west England archaeological search region · entity
- Channel and Atlantic façade interaction zone · entity
- Geography assertion for site_bi_salcombe · geography assertion