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Tiny metal figurines from Sardinia's Nuragic civilization in around 1,000 BC reveal extensive ancient Mediterranean metal trading networks

09.10.25 | PLOS

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Tiny metal figurines from Sardinia's Nuragic civilization in around 1,000 BC reveal extensive ancient Mediterranean metal trading networks

Article URL : http://plos.io/45QCTPq

Article title: Multiproxy analysis unwraps origin and fabrication biographies of Sardinian figurines: On the trail of metal-driven interaction and mixing practices in the early first millennium BCE

Author countries: Germany, Denmark, Italy

Funding: Grant agreement 23–1869 to HV, MKH, GS. Augustinus Foundation funding the Metals & Giants project. https://augustinusfonden.dk/en The foundation played no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0328268

Multiproxy analysis unwraps origin and fabrication biographies of Sardinian figurines: On the trail of metal-driven interaction and mixing practices in the early first millennium BCE

10-Sep-2025

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

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APA:
PLOS. (2025, September 10). Tiny metal figurines from Sardinia's Nuragic civilization in around 1,000 BC reveal extensive ancient Mediterranean metal trading networks. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L3R7Z0E8/tiny-metal-figurines-from-sardinias-nuragic-civilization-in-around-1000-bc-reveal-extensive-ancient-mediterranean-metal-trading-networks.html
MLA:
"Tiny metal figurines from Sardinia's Nuragic civilization in around 1,000 BC reveal extensive ancient Mediterranean metal trading networks." Brightsurf News, Sep. 10 2025, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L3R7Z0E8/tiny-metal-figurines-from-sardinias-nuragic-civilization-in-around-1000-bc-reveal-extensive-ancient-mediterranean-metal-trading-networks.html.