Abstract
The Ibiza and Formentera islands (Pityusic Islands, Balearic Archipelago, Spain) were colonised by continental Bell Beaker communities. These islands have no mineral resources for producing copper or tin-bronze objects locally, so their metals are a good indication of Western Mediterranean trade dynamics. During the first centuries of occupation (ca. 2100-1400 cal BC), they remained almost isolated in terms of the metal trade, and only a few objects have been attributed to this period. Nevertheless, this situation changed significantly during the Late Bronze Age (1400–850/700 cal BC). Several ingots and metallic objects, acquired through external contact, have been found and ascribed to this period. Archaeometallurgical research concerning these objects has revealed technological patterns in the copper-tin alloys and shed some light on regional and long-distance metal trade dynamics.
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