Production networks and consumer choice in the earliest metal of Western Europe

Journal of World Prehistory

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-481

  Roberts, Benjamin W ^a  

^a BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer choice; Early metallurgy; Production metworks; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GOLD; INNOVATION; LEAD; METALLURGY; SILVER;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 73249131947     PISSN: 08927537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10963-009-9027-1     Document Type: Article

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