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NEW APPROACHES ON THE ARCHAIC TRADE IN THE NORTH‐EASTERN IBERIAN PENINSULA: EXPLOITATION AND CIRCULATION OF LEAD AND SILVER
Author(s) -
RAFEL NÚRIA,
MONTERORUIZ IGNACIO,
CASTANYER PERE,
AQUILUÉ XAVIER,
ARMADA XOSÉLOIS,
BELARTE M. CARME,
FAIRÉN SARA,
GASULL PEPA,
GENER MARC,
GRAELLS RAIMON,
HUNT MARK,
MARTIN AURORA,
MATA JOSEP M.,
MORELL NÚRIA,
PÉREZ ARTURO,
PONS ENRIQUETA,
RENZI MARTINA,
ROVIRA M. CARME,
ROVIRA SALVADOR,
SANTOS MARTA,
TREMOLEDA JOAQUIM,
VILLALBA PEPA
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2010.00344.x
Subject(s) - peninsula , phoenician , archaeology , geography , balkan peninsula , lead (geology) , circulation (fluid dynamics) , ancient history , geology , history , ecology , physics , biology , thermodynamics , geomorphology
Summary A wide‐ranging study based on compositional and isotopic analyses of minerals and manufactured objects from the north‐eastern Iberian Peninsula and their respective archaeological and cultural contexts demonstrates significant lead mineral exploitation in the El Priorat area (Tarragona province) linked to Phoenician trade (seventh–sixth centuries BC). This exploitation continued, despite losing intensity, until the Romanization of the territory. Our project also aims to determine the nature and origin of the lead and silver supply in the northern Iberian territory surrounding the Phocaean enclave of Emporion, especially with regard to the demands of the colonial mint. The behaviour pattern of the circulation of lead, silver and copper in Catalonia in the period studied indicates a plurality of contemporary supply sources, although, at least from the fifth century BC onward, minerals and metals from the south‐eastern Iberian Peninsula take on considerable importance.