Früher Bergbau und Metallurgie auf der Iberischen Halbinsel

The book is devoted to the question of what role the production and use of metal played in the history of the development of the settlement. It results from a research project of several years, in which metallurgical finds of Zambujal and of neighboring settlements were systematically recorded and studied. The results show, among other things, that Zambujal copper originated in the Upper Alentejo, from where it reached Extremadura along an established import route for amphibolite and other goods. It is mainly simple arsenic copper that was processed into objects in Zambujal in an alloy-specific manner. In addition to the historical and socioeconomic interpretation and classification of the innovation copper metallurgy, the book includes numerous previously unpublished scientific data and a comprehensive finds catalog. In combination with extensively researched data sets of older publications, the book represents a reference work for the Copper Age of the Iberian Peninsula.