The origins of the first ferrous knives on the Iberian Peninsula and in Southern France: a typological viewpoint (9th-7th centuries BC)

In : BELARTE (M. C.) éd., ROVIRA (M. C.) éd., SANMARTI (J.) éd. – Iron Metallurgy and the Formation of Complex Societies in the Western Mediterranean (1st Millennium BC). Barcelona : Àrea d'Arquelologia de la Universitat de Barcelona - Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica, 2020, p. 115-124 (ArqueoMediterrània, 15).

Anne-Laure Grevey (1) , Éric Gailledrat

1 ASM - Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes

The aim of this study is to contribute to our current knowledge of the first occurrence of ferrous objects in the western Mediterranean. We concentrate on the study of knives, as they are the most abundant objects for this period (9th-7th centuries BC). Typological analysis indicates that most of the objects studied appear to come from other regions of the Mediterranean, specifically in the east. Few seem to have originated in the central Mediterranean and links with continental Europe are either very limited or imperceptible.

Mots clés: Iron; knives; protohistory; typology; Iron Age; Protohistory; Metallurgy; Iron; Typology; Knives

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Anne-Laure Grevey, Éric Gailledrat. The origins of the first ferrous knives on the Iberian Peninsula and in Southern France: a typological viewpoint (9th-7th centuries BC). Iron Metallurgy and the Formation of Complex Societies in the Western Mediterranean (1st Millennium BC), Maria Carme Belarte; Maria Carme Rovira; Joan Sanmartí, 2016, Barcelona/Calafell, Spain. pp.115-124. ⟨hal-03052130⟩