Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article and archaeometallurgical dataset
Publication: Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 138, 105543

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date assertion Channel and Atlantic façade interaction zone — date assertion
informs · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
date assertion Salcombe B and related offshore assemblages — date assertion
informs · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
date assertion Earlier Salcombe offshore metalwork episode — date assertion
Evidence confidence: low
supports · dates · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
date assertion Later Salcombe offshore metalwork episode — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
date assertion Earlier Salcombe offshore metalwork episode — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
property Contact evidence does not by itself prove migration
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
property Maritime exchange node
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
entity Salcombe B and related offshore assemblages
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
entity Channel and Atlantic façade interaction zone
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
geography assertion Salcombe B and related offshore assemblages — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: low
supports · locates or defines geometry · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Study area and assemblage discussion; exact protected coordinates not reproduced.
geography assertion Channel and Atlantic façade interaction zone — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: low
supports · locates or defines geometry · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Maritime synthesis and separately sourced site locations.
event Earlier Salcombe offshore metalwork episode
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides evidence and date · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
event Later Salcombe offshore metalwork episode
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides evidence and date · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
property assignment Salcombe B and related offshore assemblages — has analytical property — Maritime exchange node
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports assignment · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
property assignment Salcombe B and related offshore assemblages — has analytical property — Depositional meaning contested
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · supports assignment · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
property assignment Salcombe B and related offshore assemblages — has analytical property — Contact evidence does not by itself prove migration
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports assignment · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
property assignment Channel and Atlantic façade interaction zone — has analytical property — Research reconstruction, not a border
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · supports assignment · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
claim Imported objects, foreign typological affinities and shared metallurgical styles can result from exchange, gifting, recycling, copying or itinerant craft as well as migration.
Evidence confidence: very high
supports · supports claim · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
claim The geological origin of every Salcombe tin ingot remains unresolved despite strong evidence that the assemblage participated in maritime metal exchange.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports claim · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
claim The Salcombe material is better represented as at least an earlier and a later episode than as one event spanning five centuries.
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · supports claim · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
claim Tin moved over very long distances, but the total scale, frequency and social organization of Bronze Age tin trade from south-west Britain remain uncertain.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports claim · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
relationship Salcombe B and related offshore assemblages — within archaeological search frame — South-west England archaeological search region
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports relationship · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
relationship Salcombe B and related offshore assemblages — within archaeological search frame — Channel and Atlantic façade interaction zone
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports relationship · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
relationship Earlier Salcombe offshore metalwork episode — separate episode precedes — Later Salcombe offshore metalwork episode
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · supports relationship · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
causal hypothesis Exchange-network reconfiguration model
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · tests hypothesis · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.
causal hypothesis Selective mobility and object circulation model
Evidence confidence: high
supports · tests hypothesis · Abstract; archaeological objects; analytical results; discussion and conclusions
Reanalyses the large Salcombe copper and tin assemblages using trace elements and isotopes to evaluate provenance and circulation.