Bronze Age World

Reading ancient testimony

Ask who produced the document, for whom, and for what purpose. Distinguish its ancient creation from its modern edition or translation. Survival and excavation shape what can be read today.

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Type: journal article
Publication: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, vol. 18, 66

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date assertion Great Orme copper mine — date assertion
informs · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; methods; use-wear results and discussion
Examines manufacture and use of animal-bone mining tools from Great Orme.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; methods; use-wear results and discussion
Examines manufacture and use of animal-bone mining tools from Great Orme.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; methods; use-wear results and discussion
Examines manufacture and use of animal-bone mining tools from Great Orme.
date assertion Peak copper production at Great Orme — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · Abstract; methods; use-wear results and discussion
Examines manufacture and use of animal-bone mining tools from Great Orme.
entity Great Orme copper mine
Evidence confidence: very high
supports · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; methods; use-wear results and discussion
Examines manufacture and use of animal-bone mining tools from Great Orme.
event Peak copper production at Great Orme
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides evidence and date · Abstract; methods; use-wear results and discussion
Examines manufacture and use of animal-bone mining tools from Great Orme.
property assignment Great Orme copper mine — has analytical property — Contact evidence does not by itself prove migration
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports assignment · Abstract; methods; use-wear results and discussion
Examines manufacture and use of animal-bone mining tools from Great Orme.
claim Great Orme was a major Bronze Age copper-production centre, with its highest output likely between about 1600 and 1400 BCE.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports claim · Abstract; methods; use-wear results and discussion
Examines manufacture and use of animal-bone mining tools from Great Orme.
relationship Great Orme copper mine — within archaeological search frame — Wales archaeological search region
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports relationship · Abstract; methods; use-wear results and discussion
Examines manufacture and use of animal-bone mining tools from Great Orme.