Nicola Ialongo
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 158165 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Nicola Ialongo |
| NOMBRES | Nicola |
| APELLIDO | Ialongo |
| FIRMA | IALONGO N |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Göttingen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3703-4808 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 81 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Shifting tin imports into the broader Eastern Mediterranean region during the Bronze and Early Iron Ages (ca. 2000-900 BC)
Lacking substantial local tin deposits after 2000 BC, the Eastern Mediterranean depended on the importation of large quantities of tin from extraneous sources. Situated roughly equidistant (ca. 3000 km) between the large tin deposits of Western Europe and Central Asia, both localities have been proposed as potential sources of tin metal used in Eastern Mediterranean bronze production. However, such speculation must be substantiated. Herein, we as…
How Bronze Age Europeans almost got rid of money
How exactly smartphone technology was developed in the Bronze Age is still a matter of heated debate among archeologists, but reliable C-14 dates confirm that it was available by circa 1500 ± 50 BCE and fell into disuse shortly after. The earliest known evidence is represented by an application that had exactly the same functions of the infamous Honest Currencies program that caused the 2040 crisis in North America. Here follows a brief account o…
The introduction of coinage in Europe did not change pre-existing monetary patterns
Introduction This paper investigates whether the introduction of coinage in Europe fundamentally changed pre-existing monetary circulation patterns. By analysing the statistical properties of bronze money before and after the advent of coinage (c. 1500–27 BCE), it challenges the prevailing assumption that coinage revolutionized the use and exchange of money. The research engages with longstanding academic debates between competing theories, which…
Consumption patterns in prehistoric Europe are consistent with modern economic behaviour
Have humans always sold and purchased things? This seemingly trivial question exposes one of the most conspicuous blind spots in our understanding of cultural evolution: the emergence of what we perceive today as 'modern' economic behaviour. Here we test the hypothesis that consumption patterns in prehistoric Europe (around 2300-800 BCE) can be explained by standard economic theory, predicting that everyday expenses are log-normally distributed a…
Error or Minority? The Identification of Non-binary Gender in Prehistoric Burials in Central Europe
Gender is under focus in prehistoric archaeology, with traditional binary models being questioned and alternatives formulated. Quantification, however, is generally lacking, and alternative models are rarely tested against the archaeological evidence. In this article, we test the binary hypothesis of gender for prehistoric Central Europe based on a selection of seven published burial sites dating from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age. R…
To Gender or not To Gender? Exploring Gender Variations through Time and Space
This article is based on an EAA session in Kiel in 2021, in which thirteen contributors provide their response to Robb and Harris's (2018) overview of studies of gender in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age, with a reply by Robb and Harris. The central premise of their 2018 article was the opposition of ‘contextual Neolithic gender’ to ‘cross-contextual Bronze Age gender’, which created uneasiness among the four co-organizers of the Kiel meeti…
Establishing the Middle Sea
The Late Bronze Age (1700–900 BC) represents an extremely dynamic period for Mediterranean Europe. Here, we provide a comparative survey of the archaeological record of over half a millennium within the entire northern littoral of the Mediterranean, from Greece to Iberia, incorporating archaeological, archaeometric, and bioarchaeological evidence. The picture that emerges, while certainly fragmented and not displaying a unique trajectory, reveals…
A small change revolution. Weight systems and the emergence of the first Pan-European money
In the Bronze Age (c. 2300–800 BC), European communities gave up their economic independence and became entangled in a continental trade network. In this paper, we will test the hypothesis that the adoption of a ‘Pan-European’ currency has favoured the development of such a network. We define a methodology to test the money-hypothesis in pre-literate economies, based on analogies with the material characters of metallic money in the Ancient Near …
Merchants, Measures and Money. Understanding Technologies of Early Trade in a Comparative Perspective
This second volume in the series collects papers from two workshops held at the University of Göttingen in 2019 and 2020. The international meetings tackled questions related to merchants and money in a comparative perspective, with examples spanning from the Bronze Age to the early Modern period and embracing Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia and East Africa. The first part of this volume presents historical case studies of how merchants planned a…
The Earliest Balance Weights in the West
Weighing devices are the earliest material correlates of the rational quantification of economic value, and they yield great potential in the study of trade in pre-literate societies. However, the knowledge of European Bronze Age metrology is still underdeveloped in comparison to Eastern Mediterranean regions, mostly due to the lack of a proper scientific debate. This paper introduces a theoretical and methodological framework for the study of st…
Lost in combat? A scrap metal find from the Bronze Age battlefield site at Tollense
Breaking down the bullion. The compliance of bullion-currencies with official weight-systems in a case-study from the ancient Near East
In this paper we provide an analytical insight on a specific form of bullion-currency. Through the comparison of the statistical properties of different samples of hacksilver and balance weights from various contexts of the Near Eastern Bronze Age, the study attempts to assess whether the weight values of bullion-currencies can be expected to comply with existing weight-standards. The results of the statistical analyses on a silver hoard from Ebl…
Crisis and Recovery
Crises are thresholds in human history, often marking substantial transformations in societies. Crises, however, are not instants in time. They start, unfold, and develop in a process that is often traumatic for social systems, with outcomes ranging from catastrophe to complete recovery. In this article, catastrophic models are employed to understand a non-catastrophic outcome: the complete recovery that nuragic Sardinia experienced after a long …
The Intangible Weight of Things
Sanctuaries and the Emergence of Elites in Nuragic Sardinia during the Early Iron Age (ca. 950–720 bc)
During the Early Iron Age (ca. 950–720 bc) Nuragic Sardinia experienced the rise of monumental public sanctuaries. This study addresses the formation of the votive record in sanctuaries in order to explore the relationship between socio-economic control and the ritual dynamics of legitimation of authority. In Nuragic sanctuaries, large amounts of wealth were collected in the form of significant accumulations of bronze objects. The accumulation of…
Establishing the Middle Sea
The Late Bronze Age (1700–900 BC) represents an extremely dynamic period for Mediterranean Europe. Here, we provide a comparative survey of the archaeological record of over half a millennium within the entire northern littoral of the Mediterranean, from Greece to Iberia, incorporating archaeological, archaeometric, and bioarchaeological evidence. The picture that emerges, while certainly fragmented and not displaying a unique trajectory, reveals…
A small change revolution. Weight systems and the emergence of the first Pan-European money
In the Bronze Age (c. 2300–800 BC), European communities gave up their economic independence and became entangled in a continental trade network. In this paper, we will test the hypothesis that the adoption of a ‘Pan-European’ currency has favoured the development of such a network. We define a methodology to test the money-hypothesis in pre-literate economies, based on analogies with the material characters of metallic money in the Ancient Near …
To Gender or not To Gender? Exploring Gender Variations through Time and Space
This article is based on an EAA session in Kiel in 2021, in which thirteen contributors provide their response to Robb and Harris's (2018) overview of studies of gender in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age, with a reply by Robb and Harris. The central premise of their 2018 article was the opposition of ‘contextual Neolithic gender’ to ‘cross-contextual Bronze Age gender’, which created uneasiness among the four co-organizers of the Kiel meeti…
Breaking down the bullion. The compliance of bullion-currencies with official weight-systems in a case-study from the ancient Near East
In this paper we provide an analytical insight on a specific form of bullion-currency. Through the comparison of the statistical properties of different samples of hacksilver and balance weights from various contexts of the Near Eastern Bronze Age, the study attempts to assess whether the weight values of bullion-currencies can be expected to comply with existing weight-standards. The results of the statistical analyses on a silver hoard from Ebl…
The Earliest Balance Weights in the West
Weighing devices are the earliest material correlates of the rational quantification of economic value, and they yield great potential in the study of trade in pre-literate societies. However, the knowledge of European Bronze Age metrology is still underdeveloped in comparison to Eastern Mediterranean regions, mostly due to the lack of a proper scientific debate. This paper introduces a theoretical and methodological framework for the study of st…
Crisis and Recovery
Crises are thresholds in human history, often marking substantial transformations in societies. Crises, however, are not instants in time. They start, unfold, and develop in a process that is often traumatic for social systems, with outcomes ranging from catastrophe to complete recovery. In this article, catastrophic models are employed to understand a non-catastrophic outcome: the complete recovery that nuragic Sardinia experienced after a long …
Sanctuaries and the Emergence of Elites in Nuragic Sardinia during the Early Iron Age (ca. 950–720 bc)
During the Early Iron Age (ca. 950–720 bc) Nuragic Sardinia experienced the rise of monumental public sanctuaries. This study addresses the formation of the votive record in sanctuaries in order to explore the relationship between socio-economic control and the ritual dynamics of legitimation of authority. In Nuragic sanctuaries, large amounts of wealth were collected in the form of significant accumulations of bronze objects. The accumulation of…
Merchants, Measures and Money. Understanding Technologies of Early Trade in a Comparative Perspective
This second volume in the series collects papers from two workshops held at the University of Göttingen in 2019 and 2020. The international meetings tackled questions related to merchants and money in a comparative perspective, with examples spanning from the Bronze Age to the early Modern period and embracing Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia and East Africa. The first part of this volume presents historical case studies of how merchants planned a…
Consumption patterns in prehistoric Europe are consistent with modern economic behaviour
Have humans always sold and purchased things? This seemingly trivial question exposes one of the most conspicuous blind spots in our understanding of cultural evolution: the emergence of what we perceive today as 'modern' economic behaviour. Here we test the hypothesis that consumption patterns in prehistoric Europe (around 2300-800 BCE) can be explained by standard economic theory, predicting that everyday expenses are log-normally distributed a…
Error or Minority? The Identification of Non-binary Gender in Prehistoric Burials in Central Europe
Gender is under focus in prehistoric archaeology, with traditional binary models being questioned and alternatives formulated. Quantification, however, is generally lacking, and alternative models are rarely tested against the archaeological evidence. In this article, we test the binary hypothesis of gender for prehistoric Central Europe based on a selection of seven published burial sites dating from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age. R…
Lost in combat? A scrap metal find from the Bronze Age battlefield site at Tollense
How Bronze Age Europeans almost got rid of money
How exactly smartphone technology was developed in the Bronze Age is still a matter of heated debate among archeologists, but reliable C-14 dates confirm that it was available by circa 1500 ± 50 BCE and fell into disuse shortly after. The earliest known evidence is represented by an application that had exactly the same functions of the infamous Honest Currencies program that caused the 2040 crisis in North America. Here follows a brief account o…
The introduction of coinage in Europe did not change pre-existing monetary patterns
Introduction This paper investigates whether the introduction of coinage in Europe fundamentally changed pre-existing monetary circulation patterns. By analysing the statistical properties of bronze money before and after the advent of coinage (c. 1500–27 BCE), it challenges the prevailing assumption that coinage revolutionized the use and exchange of money. The research engages with longstanding academic debates between competing theories, which…
Sanctuaries and the Emergence of Elites in Nuragic Sardinia during the Early Iron Age (ca. 950–720 bc)
During the Early Iron Age (ca. 950–720 bc) Nuragic Sardinia experienced the rise of monumental public sanctuaries. This study addresses the formation of the votive record in sanctuaries in order to explore the relationship between socio-economic control and the ritual dynamics of legitimation of authority. In Nuragic sanctuaries, large amounts of wealth were collected in the form of significant accumulations of bronze objects. The accumulation of…
The Intangible Weight of Things
Crisis and Recovery
Crises are thresholds in human history, often marking substantial transformations in societies. Crises, however, are not instants in time. They start, unfold, and develop in a process that is often traumatic for social systems, with outcomes ranging from catastrophe to complete recovery. In this article, catastrophic models are employed to understand a non-catastrophic outcome: the complete recovery that nuragic Sardinia experienced after a long …
Breaking down the bullion. The compliance of bullion-currencies with official weight-systems in a case-study from the ancient Near East
In this paper we provide an analytical insight on a specific form of bullion-currency. Through the comparison of the statistical properties of different samples of hacksilver and balance weights from various contexts of the Near Eastern Bronze Age, the study attempts to assess whether the weight values of bullion-currencies can be expected to comply with existing weight-standards. The results of the statistical analyses on a silver hoard from Ebl…
The Earliest Balance Weights in the West
Weighing devices are the earliest material correlates of the rational quantification of economic value, and they yield great potential in the study of trade in pre-literate societies. However, the knowledge of European Bronze Age metrology is still underdeveloped in comparison to Eastern Mediterranean regions, mostly due to the lack of a proper scientific debate. This paper introduces a theoretical and methodological framework for the study of st…
Lost in combat? A scrap metal find from the Bronze Age battlefield site at Tollense
Establishing the Middle Sea
The Late Bronze Age (1700–900 BC) represents an extremely dynamic period for Mediterranean Europe. Here, we provide a comparative survey of the archaeological record of over half a millennium within the entire northern littoral of the Mediterranean, from Greece to Iberia, incorporating archaeological, archaeometric, and bioarchaeological evidence. The picture that emerges, while certainly fragmented and not displaying a unique trajectory, reveals…
A small change revolution. Weight systems and the emergence of the first Pan-European money
In the Bronze Age (c. 2300–800 BC), European communities gave up their economic independence and became entangled in a continental trade network. In this paper, we will test the hypothesis that the adoption of a ‘Pan-European’ currency has favoured the development of such a network. We define a methodology to test the money-hypothesis in pre-literate economies, based on analogies with the material characters of metallic money in the Ancient Near …
Merchants, Measures and Money. Understanding Technologies of Early Trade in a Comparative Perspective
This second volume in the series collects papers from two workshops held at the University of Göttingen in 2019 and 2020. The international meetings tackled questions related to merchants and money in a comparative perspective, with examples spanning from the Bronze Age to the early Modern period and embracing Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia and East Africa. The first part of this volume presents historical case studies of how merchants planned a…
To Gender or not To Gender? Exploring Gender Variations through Time and Space
This article is based on an EAA session in Kiel in 2021, in which thirteen contributors provide their response to Robb and Harris's (2018) overview of studies of gender in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age, with a reply by Robb and Harris. The central premise of their 2018 article was the opposition of ‘contextual Neolithic gender’ to ‘cross-contextual Bronze Age gender’, which created uneasiness among the four co-organizers of the Kiel meeti…
The introduction of coinage in Europe did not change pre-existing monetary patterns
Introduction This paper investigates whether the introduction of coinage in Europe fundamentally changed pre-existing monetary circulation patterns. By analysing the statistical properties of bronze money before and after the advent of coinage (c. 1500–27 BCE), it challenges the prevailing assumption that coinage revolutionized the use and exchange of money. The research engages with longstanding academic debates between competing theories, which…
Consumption patterns in prehistoric Europe are consistent with modern economic behaviour
Have humans always sold and purchased things? This seemingly trivial question exposes one of the most conspicuous blind spots in our understanding of cultural evolution: the emergence of what we perceive today as 'modern' economic behaviour. Here we test the hypothesis that consumption patterns in prehistoric Europe (around 2300-800 BCE) can be explained by standard economic theory, predicting that everyday expenses are log-normally distributed a…
Error or Minority? The Identification of Non-binary Gender in Prehistoric Burials in Central Europe
Gender is under focus in prehistoric archaeology, with traditional binary models being questioned and alternatives formulated. Quantification, however, is generally lacking, and alternative models are rarely tested against the archaeological evidence. In this article, we test the binary hypothesis of gender for prehistoric Central Europe based on a selection of seven published burial sites dating from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age. R…
How Bronze Age Europeans almost got rid of money
How exactly smartphone technology was developed in the Bronze Age is still a matter of heated debate among archeologists, but reliable C-14 dates confirm that it was available by circa 1500 ± 50 BCE and fell into disuse shortly after. The earliest known evidence is represented by an application that had exactly the same functions of the infamous Honest Currencies program that caused the 2040 crisis in North America. Here follows a brief account o…
Shifting tin imports into the broader Eastern Mediterranean region during the Bronze and Early Iron Ages (ca. 2000-900 BC)
Lacking substantial local tin deposits after 2000 BC, the Eastern Mediterranean depended on the importation of large quantities of tin from extraneous sources. Situated roughly equidistant (ca. 3000 km) between the large tin deposits of Western Europe and Central Asia, both localities have been proposed as potential sources of tin metal used in Eastern Mediterranean bronze production. However, such speculation must be substantiated. Herein, we as…
Bronze Age (11 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 obras) · Archaeology (9 obras) · History (9 obras) · Economics (7 obras) · Geography (7 obras) · Ancient history (6 obras) · Bronze (5 obras) · History (5 obras) · Mathematics (5 obras)