Bronze Age World

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Type: peer-reviewed journal article
Publication: Trabajos de Prehistoria, vol. 67, no. 2, 305–322
Peer reviewed: Yes

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relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · pp. 305–322, analytical results
Documents smelting debris and process evidence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · pp. 305–322, analytical results
Documents smelting debris and process evidence.
date assertion Peñalosa — date assertion
informs · provides archaeological observation · pp. 305–322, slag and vitrification analyses
Provides direct production evidence.
property Metallurgical-production evidence
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 305–322
Provides slag and process evidence.
entity Peñalosa
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 305–322, slag and vitrification analyses
Provides direct production evidence.
event Late Bronze Age copper-production activity at Peñalosa
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 305–322, analytical results
Documents smelting debris and process evidence.
date assertion Late Bronze Age copper-production activity at Peñalosa — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 305–322, analytical results
Documents smelting debris and process evidence.
relationship Peñalosa — produced metal within — Iberian Pyrite Belt mineral landscape
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 305–322
Provides production evidence.
claim Local metallurgical production at Peñalosa and Baiões does not by itself prove centralized state control of regional metal supply.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports · pp. 305–322
Documents production residues.
causal hypothesis Variable organization of mining and metallurgy
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports · pp. 305–322
Provides a copper-production case.
property assignment Peñalosa — has evidence property — Metallurgical-production evidence
Evidence confidence: very high
supports · supports assignment and caveat · pp. 305–322
Production is secure while scale and political control remain separate.