Scientific Analysis of Metal Objects and Metallurgical Remains from Kastri, Kythera

Bibliographic Data

ID10965833
AuthorsCyprian Broodbank (0000-0002-2176-9666, University College London, corresponding author), Thilo Rehren (0000-0002-9169-1198, University College London), Antonia-Maria Zianni (National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos")
Year2007
Volume102
Pages219-238
Publication date2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annual of the British School at Athens (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0068-2454 • E-ISSN: 2045-2403
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s006824540002147x
OpenAlexW2060244549
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited7

Scientific analysis of samples takes from metal objects and metallurgical products excavated during the 1960s at Kastri on Kythera provide new evidence concerning, variously, the Aegean metals trade and metallurgy on Kythera. The samples date to the Second Palace (Neopalatial), Classical and Late Roman periods. The Bronze Age material comprises fragments of copper ingots and silver cups, neither of which metal is locally available in Kythera, and the later material relates largely to local smelting and possibly smithing of iron, whose origin is uncertain. These activities are related to preliminary information concerning the distribution at each period of metallurgical activity across the island that has been generated by the intensive surface survey of the Kythera Island Project

Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Copper · Copper alloy · Geography · Metallurgy · Period (music · Smelting · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Ancient Near East History · Materials Science · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts

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