The State of the Debate: Nuragic Metal Trade in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age

IF 0.9 3区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Open Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1515/opar-2022-0280

Valentina Matta, Helle Vandkilde

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Abstract

Abstract This study examines the role of the Nuragic metal trade in the Mediterranean setting, seeking to advance the debate on this subject. Published metal-related data are considered alongside current interpretations. Although Sardinia is geologically rich in metals, including copper and lead (silver), scholars have nonetheless disagreed about the role of these metals in shaping the political economy of Nuragic Sardinia and its interaction with the outside world (c. 1350–720 BC). Traditionally the island has been seen as passively relying on the agency of foreign merchants from the eastern Mediterranean region. Lately, however, a divergent view has credited Sardinia with a more active and autonomous role in the Mediterranean marketplace. This study provides an analytical review of the complexity of such opinions, alongside isotope-derived and other archaeometallurgical evidence. As a scaffold for future inquiries, key features based on theoretical and historical perspectives are pulled together to form an exploratory model of Sardinia’s changing geopolitical position in the interlinked world of the Mediterranean between the Bronze and Iron Ages. The time around 1200 BC is identified as a major historical threshold.

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争论的现状:青铜时代和早期铁器时代的努拉吉金属贸易

摘要本研究考察了Nuragic金属贸易在地中海环境中的作用，试图推动这一主题的辩论。已公布的金属相关数据与当前的解释一并考虑。尽管撒丁岛在地质上富含金属，包括铜和铅（银），但学者们对这些金属在塑造努拉吉-撒丁岛政治经济及其与外部世界的互动中的作用仍存在分歧（约公元前1350年至公元前720年）。传统上，该岛被视为被动地依赖来自东地中海地区的外国商人的代理。然而，最近，一种不同的观点认为撒丁岛在地中海市场上发挥了更积极和自主的作用。这项研究对这些观点的复杂性进行了分析性审查，同时提供了同位素衍生和其他考古冶金证据。作为未来调查的支架，基于理论和历史视角的关键特征被汇集在一起，形成了撒丁岛在青铜时代和铁器时代之间相互联系的地中海世界中不断变化的地缘政治地位的探索模型。公元前1200年左右的时间被认为是一个重要的历史起点。

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Open Archaeology ARCHAEOLOGY-

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1.70

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12.50%

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10 weeks

期刊介绍： Open Archaeology is a forum of novel approaches to archaeological theory, methodology and practice, and an international medium for the dissemination of research data and interdisciplinary projects. Scope of the journal includes, but is not restricted to: World Archaeology - discoveries and research Archaeological science Theory and interpretation in archaeology Archaeological heritage preservation and management.