Caves and rock shelters, burials and smelting

Pearce, Mark

Abstract

This paper is an extended abstract for the International Conference on Resources and Transformation in Pre-modern Societies, Bochum 19–21 November 2020, 11 December 2020 and 15 January 2021. It discusses the world view of Copper Age and Early Bronze Age smelters in the Trentino and argues that there is a clear association between smelting and rock shelters and burials, suggesting a craft that was secret and ritualised.

Citation

Pearce, M. (2020). Caves and rock shelters, burials and smelting. Metalla, Sonderheft 10, 17-21. https://doi.org/10.46586/metalla.v.2020.i10

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 31, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Jan 25, 2021
• Publication Date: 2020
• Deposit Date: Nov 21, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: May 26, 2021
• Print ISSN: 0947-6229
• Electronic ISSN: 2749-6430
• Publisher: Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: Sonderheft 10
• Pages: 17-21
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.46586/metalla.v.2020.i10
• Keywords: Trentino, Northern Italy, Smelting, Caves, Ritual
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5064489
• Publisher URL: https://metalla.org/index.php/METALLA/issue/view/202