Metallic encounters in the Balearic Islands: An approach to Western Mediterranean trade dynamics in the ‘global’ Late Bronze Age

摘要: Abstract The Ibiza and Formentera islands (Pityusic Islands, Balearic Archipelago, Spain) were colonised by continental Bell Beaker communities. These have no mineral resources for producing copper or tin-bronze objects locally, so their metals are a good indication of Western Mediterranean trade dynamics. During the first centuries occupation (ca. 2100-1400 cal BC), they remained almost isolated in terms metal trade, only few been attributed to this period. Nevertheless, situation changed significantly during Late Bronze Age (1400–850/700 cal BC). Several ingots metallic objects, acquired through external contact, found ascribed Archaeometallurgical research concerning these has revealed technological patterns copper-tin alloys shed some light on regional long-distance