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Title:
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The Macro-Regional Scale of Silver Production in Iberia During the First Millennium BC in the Context of Mediterranean Contacts
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Author:
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Rafel i Fontanals, Núria; Murillo, Mercedes; Montero Ruiz, Ignacio; Hunt Ortiz, Mark A.; Armada, Xosé-Lois
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The extraction of silver has traditionally been considered as one of
the main incentives for the Phoenician expansion throughout the
Mediterranean and their settlement in Iberia. In this paper, we approach the
organization of silver production in Iberia during the Early Iron Age through
the study of the evidence of production currently available and the development
of Lead Isotope Analysis (LIA). Previous results (Hunt 2003; Stos Gale 2001;
Kassianidou 1992) are considered in the light of new data.
The extraction of silver from complex minerals noticeably intensifies in
south-west Iberia. Imports of exogenous lead, needed for the extraction of
silver from these complex minerals, are evident. Supplies of lead come in from
other regions of Iberia, such as Gádor, Cartagena/Mazarrón, Linares or even
the mining district of Molar-Belmunt-Falset (MBF) in Catalonia. This picture
reveals that the organization of silver production was much more complex than
initially thought, with the articulation of an exchange network of raw materials
at a macro-territorial scale embracing almost all Iberia. The socioeconomic
implications that control of these networks of lead distribution could have had
are also discussed. |
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Subject(s):
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-Edat del ferro
-Prehistòria
-Mines
-Espanya |
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Rights:
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(c) John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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Document type:
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article
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Published by:
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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