LIA of prehistoric metals in the Central Mediterranean area: A review

G Artioli, C Canovaro, P Nimis, I Angelini - Archaeometry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Following animated discussions in the 1990–2010 period concerning the validity and
potential application of Pb isotope data to yield information on ancient metallurgy, recently …

Fruits arriving to the west. Introduction of cultivated fruits in the Iberian Peninsula

G Pérez-Jorda, L Pena-Chocarro… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural activities, including practices, crops and techniques have evolved throughout
history undergoing tremendous changes. From the early Neolithic farmers in the …

Debasement of silver throughout the Late Bronze–Iron Age transition in the Southern Levant: Analytical and cultural implications

T Eshel, A Gilboa, N Yahalom-Mack, O Tirosh… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2021 - Elsevier
The study of silver, which was an important mean of currency in the Southern Levant during
the Bronze and Iron Age periods (~ 1950–586 BCE), revealed an unusual phenomenon …

The earliest silver currency hoards in the southern Levant: Metal trade in the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age

T Eshel, A Gilboa, O Tirosh, Y Erel… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The earliest use of silver as a means of payment in the Levant is generally overlooked, and
hoarded silver for use as currency is often considered an Iron Age phenomenon. Based on …

Pharaoh's copper: The provenance of copper in bronze artifacts from post-imperial Egypt at the end of the second millennium BCE

SBD Evian, O Yagel, Y Harlavan, H Seri… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The source of Egypt's copper supply during the Third Intermediate Period (1070–664 BCE)
is largely unknown. Here we present new data from chemical (elemental) and lead isotope …

Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age trade in archaeological perspective: A review of interpretative and empirical developments

SC Murray - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2023 - Springer
Abstract In the Bronze Age Mediterranean, trade was a key mechanism that defined the era's
political, social, and economic dynamism. This paper reviews recent methodological and …

A PCA-AHC approach to provenance studies of non-ferrous metals with combined pb isotope and chemistry data

C Tomczyk, G Żabiński - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2024 - Springer
This paper discusses the applicability of the Principal Component Analysis-Agglomerative
Hierarchical Clustering (PCA-AHC) approach to provenance studies of non-ferrous metals …

Metal provenance of Iron Age Hacksilber hoards in the southern Levant

L Gentelli, J Blichert-Toft, G Davis, H Gitler… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hacksilber facilitated trade and transactions from the beginning of the second millennium
BCE until the late fourth century BCE in the southern Levant. Here we demonstrate the use …

The origin of Tel Dor hacksilver and the westward expansion of the Phoenicians in the Early Iron Age: The Cypriot connection

JR Wood, C Bell, I Montero-Ruiz - Journal of …, 2020 - scholarlypublishingcollective.org
A recent reanalysis of compositional and lead isotope legacy data from the early silver
hoards of the southern Levant (ca. twelfth–ninth centuries BCE) identified that not only was …

Metallic encounters in the Balearic Islands: An approach to Western Mediterranean trade dynamics in the 'global'Late Bronze Age

P Sureda - Quaternary International, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ibiza and Formentera islands (Pityusic Islands, Balearic Archipelago, Spain)
were colonised by continental Bell Beaker communities. These islands have no mineral …