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Boom and bust in Bronze Age Britain : the Great Orme copper mine and European trade / R. Alan Williams.

Penn Museum Library GN778.22.G7 W538 2023
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Williams, R. Alan, author.
Contributor:
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Series:
Archaeopress archaeology
Archaeopress Archaeology
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Copper mines and mining, Prehistoric--Wales--Great Ormes Head.
Copper mines and mining, Prehistoric.
Bronze age--Wales--Great Ormes Head.
Bronze age.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Wales--Great Ormes Head.
Excavations (Archaeology).
Great Ormes Head (Wales)--Antiquities.
Great Ormes Head (Wales).
Antiquities.
Wales--Great Ormes Head.
Physical Description:
xii, 343 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm.
Place of Publication:
Summertown Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing LTD, [2023]
Summary:
The Great Orme copper mine in North Wales is one of the largest surviving Bronze Age mines in Europe. This book presents new interdisciplinary research to reveal a copper mine of European importance, dominating Britain's copper supply from c. 1600-1400 BC, with some metal reaching mainland Europe - from Brittany to as far as the Baltic -- Source other than Library of Congress.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-323) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
ISBN:
9781803273785
180327378X
OCLC:
1351686733
Publisher Number:
99995860901

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