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Plano-convex ingots and precious metalwork in northwestern Iberia during the Late Iron Age and early Roman period: an analytical approach
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences ( IF 2.2 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-08 , DOI: 10.1007/s12520-021-01323-2
Xosé-Lois Armada , Óscar García-Vuelta

The archaeological study of ingots has gained in importance in recent years due to their links with metallurgical production, pre-monetary exchange and the emergence of weighing systems. However, in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, which has one of the most outstanding protohistoric precious metalworking traditions in Western Europe, little attention has been paid to this method of accumulating raw material. This article provides the first systematic approach to the chemical composition of the precious metal ingots from this geographical area, based on the elemental analyses of 40 examples datable to the Late Iron Age and the early Roman presence. Two types of ingot composition have been identified: gold-silver-copper alloy and silver. In general, the former do not coincide with those documented in the jewellery from the hillforts (c. fourth–first centuries BC). This means that they could belong to the latest period of this metalworking tradition (c. first century BC–first century AD), when there was frequent use of cores of less valuable metals. In addition to their metallurgical function, silver ingots appear to have played an important role in the proto-monetary economy that characterised the early Roman presence. We propose that the different geographical distribution of these types of ingot was related to the diverse interactional dynamics generated between the local communities and the Romans during the long process of their conquest of this territory (138–19 BC).



中文翻译:

铁器时代晚期和罗马初期的伊比利亚西北部的平凸锭和贵金属制品:一种分析方法

近年来,由于锭与冶金生产,货币兑换和称重系统之间的联系,对锭的考古学研究变得越来越重要。但是,在西北部伊比利亚半岛拥有西欧最杰出的原史贵金属加工传统之一,这种储料方法很少受到关注。本文根据对铁器时代晚期和罗马早期存在的40个实例的元素分析,提供了该地理区域中贵金属锭化学成分的第一种系统方法。已经确定了两种类型的铸锭成分:金-银-铜合金和银。一般而言,前者与山顶上的珠宝所记载的不符(c。公元前四至一世纪。这意味着它们可能属于这种金属加工传统的最新时期(例如,公元前一世纪至公元一世纪),当时人们经常使用价值较低的金属制芯。除了其冶金功能外,银锭似乎在以罗马帝国早期存在为特征的原始货币经济中也发挥了重要作用。我们建议,这些类型的铸锭的不同地理分布与当地社区和罗马人在征服该领土的漫长过程(公元前138-19年)之间产生的多种相互作用动力学有关。除了其冶金功能外,银锭似乎在以罗马帝国早期存在为特征的原始货币经济中也发挥了重要作用。我们建议,这些类型的铸锭的不同地理分布与当地社区和罗马人在征服该领土的漫长过程(公元前138-19年)之间产生的多种相互作用动力学有关。除了其冶金功能外,银锭似乎在以罗马帝国早期存在为特征的原始货币经济中也发挥了重要作用。我们建议,这些类型的铸锭的不同地理分布与当地社区和罗马人在征服该领土的漫长过程(公元前138-19年)之间产生的多种相互作用动力学有关。

更新日期:2021-04-08
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