Re: Bronze Age in the Baltic

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:10:17 GMT, "Alan Crozier"
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"Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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An aquaintance has referred interesting theory to me, which may stand
or fall on the basis of archaeological evidence for Bronze Age
manufacture and trading in the Baltic. Unfortunately I don't know
enough about this to form an opinion.

Can anyone tell me if:

a) There is evidence of a significant Bronze Age centre of metal
working or trading in any particular part of the Baltic. The relevant
metals are (obviously) copper, tin and possibly zinc.

b) Where the centre is located.

c) What is the evidence for its existence and where is it possible to
read about it.

I have only a general knowledge of the bronze age activities in the
Baltic and it is the evidence for the existence of a specific centre
of commercial or, possibly, military power in which I am interested.

I don't know what your acquaintance is getting at. Why should there be
just ONE centre for bronze manufacture/trade in this rather large area?

I was going to say that there is no reason at all and was going to
draw an analogy with the concentration of the steel industry in the
Ruhr valley in the 19th-20th century - and then I realised that there
was a very good reason for the Ruhr valley complex - coal.

Its just that I have been presented with a theory which requires that
there be a concentration of political/commercial/military power in one
(particular) location probably circa 1000 BCE. I am not aware of any
archaeological evidence that there was such a concentration, but then
I don't know very much about the history of the region.

I don't want to open up the theory to general discussion at this
stage. I know it will only get bogged down in irrelevant
non-archaeological side issues if I do.



Eric Stevens

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