El oro y sus aleaciones en la orfebrería prerromana

Abstract

The systematic study of metal analysis of gold objects from de Iberia Península allows us to define some tendences and clusters that confer personality to cultural periods from Early Bronze to Late Iron Age. Whilst Early and Middle Bronce emphasize the use of native gold, in Late Bronze Age the gold/silver alloying practice was common. The Orientalizing Period and Iron cultures diversify gold-smith traditions under technological influences arrived from the Eastern Mediterranean, drawing a sharp contrast between the Iberic culture and the iron one in the northwest of Spain.