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International Journal of Research in Sociology and Anthropology
Volume 4, Issue 3, 2018, Page No: 1-14
doi:dx.doi.org/10.20431/2454-8677.0403001

The Demise of the Unetice Culture due to the Reduced Availability of Natural Resources for Bronze Production

Serge Svizzero1*, Clement A. Tisdell2

1.Faculte de Droit et d"Economie, Universite de La Reunion, 15 Avenue Rene Cassin. CS 9003, 97744 Saint Denis, France.
2.School of Economics, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Queensland, Australia.

Citation : Serge Svizzero, Clement A. Tisdell, The Demise of the Unetice Culture due to the Reduced Availability of Natural Resources for Bronze Production International Journal of Research in Sociology and Anthropology 2018, 4(3) : 1-14

Abstract

After a long period of prosperity, the unetice (2300-1600 B.C.) - a Central European Early Bronze Age culture - collapsed in few decades without obvious reason. Since unetice was the first bronze metalworkers of Central Europe, we examine whether the reduced availability of bronze could have triggered this social collapse. We claim that it could have been so and provide a detailed analysis of two complementary reasons related to shortages of inputs - placer tin and fuel wood - used to produce bronze which could explain the demise of bronze production and the social collapse of the unetice culture.


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