Thomas, P;
Radivojević, M;
Derikonjic, S;
Schapals, F;
Pendic, J;
Roberts, BW;
Jablanovic, A;
... Stöllner, T; + view all
(2024)
Challenging the Boom and Bust models? The 4th millennium BC copper mine of Curak in southwest Serbia.
Antiquity
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Abstract
This paper presents groundbreaking evidence of the first copper mining in the Balkans that occurred during the apparent metal production ‘bust’ and societal collapse in the 4th millennium BC. The copper mine at Curak in southwest Serbia was exploited from c. 3800 cal BC and an integrated approach encompassing a detailed survey of the area, field excavations and a suite of provenance analyses was applied in identification of its activities. The paper then evaluates the results against the recently published and now extensive data surrounding early copper mining across Europe to explore models of technological transmission and metal production.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Challenging the Boom and Bust models? The 4th millennium BC copper mine of Curak in southwest Serbia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Copper mine, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, mining archaeology, archaeometallurgy, radiocarbon dating, Serbia |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10197684 |
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