Wednesday, September 10, 2025

 

Tiny metal figurines from Sardinia's Nuragic civilization in around 1,000 BC reveal extensive ancient Mediterranean metal trading networks



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Multiproxy analysis unwraps origin and fabrication biographies of Sardinian figurines: On the trail of metal-driven interaction and mixing practices in the early first millennium BCE 

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Bronzetti of the Uta-Abini style from Sardinia. (a) Abini-Teti, (b–e) Monte Arcosu-Uta; images not to scale (photos: HW Nørgaard, D Berger).

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Credit: Berger et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)


Article URLhttp://plos.io/45QCTPq

Article title: Multiproxy analysis unwraps origin and fabrication biographies of Sardinian figurines: On the trail of metal-driven interaction and mixing practices in the early first millennium BCE

Author countries: Germany, Denmark, Italy

Funding: Grant agreement 23–1869 to HV, MKH, GS. Augustinus Foundation funding the Metals & Giants project. https://augustinusfonden.dk/en The foundation played no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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