image: Bronzetti of the Uta-Abini style from Sardinia. (a) Abini-Teti, (b–e) Monte Arcosu-Uta; images not to scale (photos: HW Nørgaard, D Berger).
Credit: Berger et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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.
Journal
PLOS One
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
Article Publication Date
10-Sep-2025
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.