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• Knapp, Bernard A.

Noel Gale's (2001) dismissive response to an earlier study on the Mediterranean metals trade (Knapp 2000) is challenged, and brief consideration is given to the main points of contention: source(s) of copper oxhide ingots, interpreting lead isotope analyses, and the possible mixing and recycling of metals. The critical 'fault lines' between scientific and archaeological approaches to interpreting the past are discussed, and a further call for cooperation and collaboration is issued.

• History and Archaeology

• Αρχαιολογία

science-based archaeology, oxhide ingots, lead isotope analysis, metals trade, Bronze Age, recycling/mixing of metals.