Bronze Age

A new essay argues that the late Bronze Age collapse around 1200 BC, which ended several major civilisations in the eastern Mediterranean, was not caused by invading Sea Peoples alone but by wider systemic factors such as trade network breakdown and environmental stress. The piece has drawn attention from readers interested in ancient history and revised explanations of how complex societies fall apart.

The Archaeoethnologica blog has published a bilingual Portuguese-English piece on archaeometallurgy between East and West, examining metal production and exchange during the Bronze Age. The post, tagged under archaeology, protohistory, metallurgy and material culture, discusses how metallurgical techniques and materials moved between Eastern and Western regions in antiquity.

An archaeology blog has published a bilingual Portuguese-English piece on archaeometallurgy, examining Bronze Age metalworking and the exchange of metallurgical knowledge and material culture between Europe and the Near East. The article, shared among archaeology enthusiasts, explores how protohistoric societies across East and West developed and spread metal technologies, drawing interest from readers following ancient technology and heritage topics.