Bronze production in Southwestern Iberian Peninsula: the Late Bronze Age metallurgical workshop from Entre Águas 5 (Portugal)

► Study of a unique metallurgical workshop from the 10th-9th century BC. ► Immature slags with relic mineral inclusions, tin oxides and many metallic nodules. ► Proofs of co-smelting of oxide copper ores with cassiterite and casting of artefacts. ► Relationship between typology and composition/manufacture of finished artefacts. ► Bronze nail exhibits a rare example of gilding technology in LBA Western Europe.