Tin Sources and regional Trade in the Bronze Age of Southeast Europe: Evidence from Tin Isotopes
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Powell, WayneBankoff, Arthur
Mason, Andrea
Mathur, Ryan
Bulatović, Aleksandar
Filipović, Vojislav
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National Archaeological Institute with Museum
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The Balkan and Rhodope mountains of Bulgaria are rich in copper, gold, lead, zinc, and silver, for the most part associated with Alpine magmatism (Ciobanu et al. 2002). Copper ores from this region were exploited by prehistoric cultures as early as 5000 BCE (O’Brien 2014), with an estimated 500 tonnes of copper metal produced from the Chalcolithic mines of Ai Bunar alone (Черных 1978a). However, lacking volumetrically significant ores of tin, this metal must have been imported to supply Bulgarian bronze production in present day Bulgarian lands throughout Prehistory. Large-scale, trans-regional trade of tin was well established in the Late Bronze Age of the Eastern Mediterranean (Bass 1986; Galili et al. 1986). Given Bulgaria’s proximity to the Aegean, it is probable that this appropriate geographic location contributed to Bulgaria’s tin imports. However, well-documented tin ores occur in the Erzgebirge Mountains of Bohemia. Some opinions exist about the important role of the ore depo...sits in the Dinaric Alps of west Serbia. These European ores may have contributed significantly to bronze production in the Lower Danube region (cf. Nessel, Pernicka, this volume).
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Bronze Age / Southeast Europe / Tin IsotopesИзвор:
Gold&Bronze, Metals, Techologies and Interregional Contacts between in the Eastern Balkans during the Bronze Age, 2018, 141-149Издавач:
- National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Jadar Project, Brooklyn College New York, US
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Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - CHAP AU - Powell, Wayne AU - Bankoff, Arthur AU - Mason, Andrea AU - Mathur, Ryan AU - Bulatović, Aleksandar AU - Filipović, Vojislav PY - 2018 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1442 AB - The Balkan and Rhodope mountains of Bulgaria are rich in copper, gold, lead, zinc, and silver, for the most part associated with Alpine magmatism (Ciobanu et al. 2002). Copper ores from this region were exploited by prehistoric cultures as early as 5000 BCE (O’Brien 2014), with an estimated 500 tonnes of copper metal produced from the Chalcolithic mines of Ai Bunar alone (Черных 1978a). However, lacking volumetrically significant ores of tin, this metal must have been imported to supply Bulgarian bronze production in present day Bulgarian lands throughout Prehistory. Large-scale, trans-regional trade of tin was well established in the Late Bronze Age of the Eastern Mediterranean (Bass 1986; Galili et al. 1986). Given Bulgaria’s proximity to the Aegean, it is probable that this appropriate geographic location contributed to Bulgaria’s tin imports. However, well-documented tin ores occur in the Erzgebirge Mountains of Bohemia. Some opinions exist about the important role of the ore deposits in the Dinaric Alps of west Serbia. These European ores may have contributed significantly to bronze production in the Lower Danube region (cf. Nessel, Pernicka, this volume). PB - National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia T2 - Gold&Bronze, Metals, Techologies and Interregional Contacts between in the Eastern Balkans during the Bronze Age T1 - Tin Sources and regional Trade in the Bronze Age of Southeast Europe: Evidence from Tin Isotopes EP - 149 SP - 141 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1442 ER -
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Powell, W., Bankoff, A., Mason, A., Mathur, R., Bulatović, A.,& Filipović, V.. (2018). Tin Sources and regional Trade in the Bronze Age of Southeast Europe: Evidence from Tin Isotopes. in Gold&Bronze, Metals, Techologies and Interregional Contacts between in the Eastern Balkans during the Bronze Age National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia., 141-149. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1442
Powell W, Bankoff A, Mason A, Mathur R, Bulatović A, Filipović V. Tin Sources and regional Trade in the Bronze Age of Southeast Europe: Evidence from Tin Isotopes. in Gold&Bronze, Metals, Techologies and Interregional Contacts between in the Eastern Balkans during the Bronze Age. 2018;:141-149. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1442 .
Powell, Wayne, Bankoff, Arthur, Mason, Andrea, Mathur, Ryan, Bulatović, Aleksandar, Filipović, Vojislav, "Tin Sources and regional Trade in the Bronze Age of Southeast Europe: Evidence from Tin Isotopes" in Gold&Bronze, Metals, Techologies and Interregional Contacts between in the Eastern Balkans during the Bronze Age (2018):141-149, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1442 .