provenance, iron (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Philippe Dillmann. Stéphanie Leroy. Sylvain Bauvais. Maxime L'Heritier. Alexandre Disser.

The study of the production and trade of metals is one of the means to highlight the technical and social organization of societies. Among several issues, the question of the provenance of the metal is of primary importance and can lead to enlighten the organization of the production (spatial and temporal structures of the chaine opératoire) and of the supply networks. Concerning iron and its alloys, these last years have seen important developments in archaeological sciences to address the...