From Land's End to the Levant
Did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7658640 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Alan Williams (0000-0002-4129-2439, Durham University, corresponding author), Mariacarmela Montesanto (0000-0002-3391-7339, University of Florence), Kamal Badreshany (0000-0001-8799-7234, Durham University), Dan Berger (0000-0001-6214-2264, Curt Engelhorn Centre Archaeometry), A M Jones (0000-0001-9349-7818, Cornwall Council), Enrique Aragón (0000-0001-7707-1374, University of Almería), Gerhard Brügmann (0000-0002-9904-0445, Curt Engelhorn Centre Archaeometry), Matthew Ponting (0000-0003-0343-6224, University of Liverpool), Benjamin W Roberts (0000-0002-5737-2302, Durham University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 405 |
| Pages | 708-726 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2025.41 |
| OpenAlex | W4410176764 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 33 |
Bronze Age–Early Iron Age tin ingots recovered from four Mediterranean shipwrecks off the coasts of Israel and southern France can now be provenanced to tin ores in south-west Britain. These exceptionally rich and accessible ores played a fundamental role in the transition from copper to full tin-bronze metallurgy across Europe and the Mediterranean during the second millennium BC. The authors’ application of a novel combination of three independent analyses (trace element, lead and tin isotopes) to tin ores and artefacts from Western and Central Europe also provides the foundation for future analyses of the pan-continental tin trade in later periods
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Geography · Mediterranean climate · Metallurgy · Tin · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · History · Materials Science
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 8 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |