Sources of Tin and the Beginnings of Bronze Metallurgy

Muhly, James D.

doi:10.2307/504330

Cited by 104 publications

(66 citation statements)

References 3 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Besides, the trading of tin from Cornwall to the East Mediterranean seems to have been in operation already in the Early Bronze Age (Muhly, 1985). Travel and trading between the East Mediterranean region and Great Britain, and between Great Britain is indicated by "the boy with the amber necklace" found close to Stonehenge carrying amber from Scandinavia and have an isotopic composition in his teeth indicating a childhood in the Mediterranean region (Evans et al, 2006;Evans, 2010).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Long-Distance Travel and Trading in the Bronze Age: The East Mediterranean-Scandinavia Case

Mörner¹,

Lind²

2015

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Bronze was imported to Scandinavia from the East Mediterranean. This trading started about 1750 BC. At just the same time amber from the Baltic started to appear in Mycenaean and Minoan graves. This gives evidence of active trading between the Mediterranean and Scandinavia. The sudden appearance of picture of large ships cut into bedrock surfaces and blocks at about the same time suggests that this trading took place via visitors arriving by ships. The size of the ships seems to preclude a stepwise transfer via the river systems between the Black Sea and the Baltic, but rather a travel over the Atlantic Sea. This calls for sea-worthy ships and knowledge in geography. In the Bronze Age, only the Mycenaean, Minoan and Phoenician cultures had such ships and such skill. Reaching this far north by 1750 BC in ships following the Atlantic coast of Europe implies that those people may as well have reached much further to the south and the west than previously assumed.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Long-Distance Travel and Trading in the Bronze Age: The East Mediterranean-Scandinavia Case

Mörner¹,

Lind²

2015

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…There are many resources and mines of tin in this region and the probably cultural relationship between Iran and Afghanistan regions in prehistoric time has caused to tin sources in Afghanistan and Central Asia would be under considerations as main tin source for bronze metallurgy in Iran more than tin sources in Anatolia (Pigott et al, 2003;Muhly, 1985;Fleming et al, 2005). Of course late P. R. S. Moorey (1982) suggests two potential tin sources in Iranian Plateau: the Central Lut, a desert in central Iran, for which there is some minimal evidence, and a west or northwest Iranian source, maybe in Azerbaijan, for which there is still no special evidence.…”

Section: Tin Bronzementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has long been discussed about tin sources for this huge amount of bronze production in Iranian Plateau in a long period of time from mid-Bronze Age to the end of Iron Age (Muhly, 1985;Maddin et al, 1977;Pigott et al, 2003;Coghlan, 1975).…”

Section: Tin Bronzementioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Bronze in Archaeology: A Review of the Archaeometallurgy of Bronze in Ancient Iran

Oudbashi¹,

Emami²,

Davami³

2012

Copper Alloys - Early Applications and Current Performance - Enhancing Processes

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…5 Ore processing in antiquity often warranted tedious and diffi cult labor but valuable materials such as tin were meticulously worked such as with gold extraction. 6 For tin sources in more remote areas see India (Babu 2003), Germany (Niederschlag et al 2003;Weeks 2003), Spain (Muhly 1985;Weeks 2003), Yugoslavia (McGeehan-Liritzis andTaylor 1987, Glumac et al 1991), and Cornwall Eng land (Muhly 1985;Weeks 2003). These sources have also been cited as possible suppliers of Bronze Age tin, although their direct relevance to the Ancient Near East await fur¬ ther study.…”

Section: Other Near Eastern and Asian Sources Of Tinmentioning

confidence: 99%