BRONZE AGE TINGeological sources, production, and distribution

of tin in Bronze Age EurasiaInternational workshop from 14 to 16 March 2018

at the Reiss Engelhorn Museums in Mannheim, Germany

BRONZE AGE TIN is a multidisciplinary project funded by the European Research Council comprising archaeology, history, geochemistry, and geology. The objective is to decipher the enigma of the origin of tin in the early bronzes by combining new archeological data and tin isotope ratios. These bronzes appear in a wide area stretching from the Aegean to the Persian Gulf, but this region is geologically devoid of any tin deposits.

The results of this research will be presented and discussed during four half-day sessions on geology and ore deposits, metallurgy and archaeology. In addition, there will be a welcome meeting on Wednesday evening, 14 March, a symposium dinner on Friday evening, 16 March, and the option for a tour through the Old City of Heidelberg on Saturday, 17 March 2018.

Participation at the workshop

Anyone interested is invited to participate. There will be only invited talks, find the programme attached. Participants please contact the workshop office at

bronzeagetin@cez-archaeometrie.de

Please respond to this invitation by using the registration form (see below) before 2 February 2018 and specify your participation at the workshop, conference dinner and/or city tour through Heidelberg. The number of seats is limited and participation will be confirmed on a first come basis.

Conference fees

Workshop (including handout, beverages and snacks) 50 €

Conference dinner (menu and beverages) 40 €

City Tour Heidelberg 30 €

Additional information on the workshop, the registration form and directions to the workshop location are given at our home page: http://www.cez-archaeometrie.de/?p=1528

We are looking forward to welcome you in Mannheim.

BRONZE AGE TINGeological sources, production, and distribution

of tin in Bronze Age Eurasia

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

Wednesday, 14 March 201818:00 – 22:00 | Icebreaker

Thursday, 15 March 2018Geology and geochemistry of tin and tin ore deposits

09:00 – 09:45 | Ernst Pernicka, Gerhard Brügmann (Heidelberg, Mannheim)Introduction of the ERC-Project: The background and the problem

09:45 – 10:30 | Bernd Lehmann (Clausthal-Zellerfeld)Formation of tin ore deposits: From rocks to ore

10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break

11:00 – 11:30 | Janeta Marahrens (Mannheim)Tin isotope data of European tin ore deposits

11:30 – 11:55 | Reimar Seltmann (London)Ore deposits in Central Asia

11:55 – 12:20 | Uwe Kroner (Freiberg) Distribution and tectonic environment of paleozoic tin deposits

12:20 – 14:00 | Lunch break

Archaeology of tin usage in the 3rd millennium BC in the Near East and Central Asia

14:00 – 14:45 | Vincent C. Pigott (New York)Overview of the metallurgy in the 3rd millennium BC, ancient Near east (and Middle Asia)

14:45 – 15:15 | Carolin Frank (Heidelberg)New insights in early tin bronzes in the Near East based on isotopic and chemical data

15:15 – 15:40 | Nikolaus Boroffka (Berlin)Cultural relations in Central Asia in the Bronze Age

15:40 – 16:10 | Coffee break

16:10 – 16:35 | Lorenz Rahmstorf (Göttingen)Introduction of weight systems during the 3rd millennium BC and long-distance exchange networks and contacts

16:35 – 17:00 | Toby Wilkinson (Rochester, UK)Visualising the tempo of Bronze Age trade in southwest Asia

17:00 – 17:25 | Miljana Radivojevic (Cambridge)Appearance and use of tin and bronze in northern Eurasia

17:25 – 17:50 | Barbara Helwing (Melbourne, invited)Tin and bronze in the 3rd and early 2nd millennium BC in the Gulf region

Friday, 16 March 2018

Mining and metallurgy of tin

09:00 – 09:45 | Paul Terence Craddock (London)From Ireland to India: A diversity of possible tin sources considered

09:45 – 10:15 | Daniel Berger (Mannheim)Impact of pyrometallurgy and corrosion on tin isotopes

10:15 – 10:40 | Thomas Stöllner, Jennifer Garner (Bochum)Bronze Age tin ore mining and early bronze metallurgy in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan)

10:40 – 11:15 | Coffee break

11:15 – 11:40 | Elin Figueiredo (Lisbon)Bronze Age tin mining and Early Bronze Age metallurgy in Portugal

11:40 – 12:05 | Beatrice Cauuet (Toulouse)Bronze age mining and metallurgy in France

12:05 – 12:30 | Wayne Powell (New York, invited)Tin and bronze in southeastern Europe in the 2nd millennium BC

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch break

Archaeology of tin usage in the second millennium BC in Europe

14:00 – 14:45 | Anthony Harding (Exeter)Cultural relations in the European Early Bronze Age

14:45 – 15:10 | Svend Hansen (Berlin)Transfer of innovations and knowledge in Bronze Age Europe: An introduction

15:10 – 15:40 | Bianka Nessel (Heidelberg)Invention and adaption of tin bronze metallurgy in south-eastern Europe

15:40 – 16:15 | Coffee break

16:15 – 16:40 | Knut Rassmann (Frankfurt)Modelling metal exchange in Early Bronze Age Central Europe

16:40 – 17:05 | Philipp Stockhammer (Munich) Contacts and interaction between communities of the Central German Únětice Culture and the Early Bronze Age groups of southern Germany and Bohemia

17:05 – 17:30 | Reinhard Jung (Vienna)Long-distance contacts of the Aegean to the west and the east in the 2nd millennium BC

17:30 – 18:00 | Final discussion

19:00 – 22:00 | Conference dinner

Saturday, 17 March 201810:00 – 13:00 | Excursion to Heidelberg Castle and City Center

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