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Exploring Late Bronze Age systems of bronzework production in Switzerland through Network Science

Jennings, Benjamin R.
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2016-05-27
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Late Bronze Age, Jewellery, Decoration, Production networks, Switzerland
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© 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Many hundreds of Bronze Age bronze artefacts are known from excavations in Switzerland, yet the interpretation of production networks from the object find locations remain problematic. It is proposed that the decorative elements used on items, such as ring-jewellery, can be used as elements to assist in the identification of artisanal traditions and ‘schools’, and also regional or community preference and selection of specific designs. Combining the analysis of over 1700 items of ring-jewellery from Switzerland with approaches from network science has facilitated the identification of regional clustering of design elements, comparable with cultural typologies in the area. It is also possible to identify potential instances of cultural differentiation through decoration within the broader regional cultural traditions. The study highlights important facets of bronzework production in the region of Switzerland, while also demonstrating future potential directions which could build upon the European wide dataset of prehistoric bronzework.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10454/8505
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Jennings BR (2016) Exploring Late Bronze Age systems of bronzework production in Switzerland through Network Science. STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research. 2(10): 90-112.
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https://doi.org/10.1080/20548923.2016.1183940
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