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Metals of Sardinian origin were widely exported across Europe and the Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age, driving distinct counter-flows of pottery and reflecting complex socio-political transformations tied to a permanent demand for metal. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate the role of Nuragic Sardinia in inter-regional metal trading networks connecting Scandinavia, Atlantic Europe, and the Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age.

September 14, 2026Oxford Journal of ArchaeologyOpen Access

From Scandinavia to the Levant: The Late Bronze Age Metal Trade and Nuragic Sardinia

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To evaluate the role of Nuragic Sardinia in inter-regional metal trading networks connecting Scandinavia, Atlantic Europe, and the Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age.
Assessed provenance data based on lead isotope and chemical analyses of copper-based and lead artefacts found across continental Europe and the Mediterranean.
Tracked chronological distribution patterns and correlated metal dispersal with reciprocal distributions of Nuragic pottery across eastern and western regions.
Copper-based and lead artefacts of Sardinian origin were exported widely across distant European and Mediterranean regions during the second half of the second millennium BC.
Metal circulation from Sardinia was matched by distinct counter-flows of Nuragic pottery to both the east and west, demonstrating shifting exchange networks over successive Bronze Age phases.

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Archaeometric analysis reveals widespread export of Sardinian copper across Europe and the Levant, indicating critical Nuragic participation in Bronze Age trans-regional metal supply chains.

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Serena Sabatini (2026) studied this question.

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Archaeometric analysis reveals widespread export of Sardinian copper across Europe and the Levant, indicating critical Nuragic participation in Bronze Age trans-regional metal supply chains.

From Scandinavia to the Levant: The Late Bronze Age Metal Trade and Nuragic Sardinia

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From Scandinavia to the Levant: The Late Bronze Age Metal Trade and Nuragic Sardinia

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