New Approaches on the Archaic Trade in the North‐eastern Iberian Peninsula

Exploitation and Circulation of Lead and Silver

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ID11446452
AuthorsNúria Rafel Fontanals (0000-0001-9988-6080, Instituto de Historia, corresponding author), Núria Rafel, I Montero-Ruiz (0000-0003-0897-1031, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, corresponding author), IGNACIO MONTERO‐RUIZ, Pere Castanyer (0000-0001-5080-3571, Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, corresponding author), XAVIER AQUILUÉ, Aquilué Xavier (Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, corresponding author), Xosé-Lois Armada (0000-0002-0110-0201, Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio, corresponding author), XOSÉ‐LOIS ARMADA, Maria Carme Belarte (0000-0002-2293-0482, Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica, corresponding author), SARA FAIRÉN (Durham University, corresponding author), PEPA GASULL (Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, corresponding author), M Gener (0000-0002-4712-6183, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, corresponding author), Raimon Graells (Universitat de Lleida, corresponding author), Marcos Andrés Hunt Ortiz (0000-0002-8783-6913, Universidad de Sevilla, corresponding author), Mark Hunt, AURORA MARTIN (Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, corresponding author), JOSEP M MATA (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, corresponding author), NÚRIA MORELL, N Ruscalleda Morell (Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica, corresponding author), ARTURO PÉREZ, A Alvarez Perez (Instituto de Historia, corresponding author), Enriqueta Pons (Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, corresponding author), Martina Renzi (0000-0001-6466-9385, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, corresponding author), M CARME ROVIRA, Mariana Rovira (Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, corresponding author), Salvador Rovira, Salvador Rovira Llorén (0000-0003-2463-0501, National Archaeological Museum of Spain, corresponding author), Marta Santos (0000-0003-1132-1814, Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, corresponding author), Joaquim Tremoleda I Trilla (0000-0002-2699-7318, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, corresponding author), JOAQUIM TREMOLEDA, PEPA VILLALBA, Pepa Hernández Villalba (Robert Bosch (United States), corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume29
Issue2
Pages175-202
Publication date2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOxford Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0262-5253 • E-ISSN: 1468-0092
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-0092.2010.00344.x
OpenAlexW2157501435
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited5

A wide‐ranging study based on compositional and isotopic analyses of minerals and manufactured objects from the north‐eastern Iberian Peninsula and their respective archaeological and cultural contexts demonstrates significant lead mineral exploitation in the El Priorat area (Tarragona province) linked to Phoenician trade (seventh–sixth centuries BC). This exploitation continued, despite losing intensity, until the Romanization of the territory. Our project also aims to determine the nature and origin of the lead and silver supply in the northern Iberian territory surrounding the Phocaean enclave of Emporion, especially with regard to the demands of the colonial mint. The behaviour pattern of the circulation of lead, silver and copper in Catalonia in the period studied indicates a plurality of contemporary supply sources, although, at least from the fifth century BC onward, minerals and metals from the south‐eastern Iberian Peninsula take on considerable importance

Ancient history · Archaeology · Balkan peninsula · Circulation (fluid dynamics · Geography · Lead (geology · Peninsula · Phoenician · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Ecology · Geology