Comments on 'Oxhide Ingots, Recycling and the Mediterranean Metals Trade'

Abstract

The article by Budd et al. presents an exciting and interesting interpretation of the lead isotope data for the Late Bronze Age (LBA) Mediterranean metals trade. Their paper provides a useful critique of the approaches used by the Oxford and Smithsonian groups; in addition, they provide new directions for archaeologists and geochemists in which to work. My comments here will be brief since I agree with most of their points.