Emergence of monopoly–Copper exchange networks during the Late Bronze Age in the western and central Balkans

• Mario Gavranović ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mario Gavranović, Mathias Mehofer

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Mario.Gavranovic@oeaw.ac.at

  Affiliation Austrian Archaeological Institute, Austrian Academy of Science, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6249-1819

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• Mathias Mehofer ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mario Gavranović, Mathias Mehofer

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation VIAS-Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Aleksandar Kapuran ,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  ¶‡ AK, JK, JM, AP, AP, AĐ and DJ also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, Serbia

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• Jovan Koledin ,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  ¶‡ AK, JK, JM, AP, AP, AĐ and DJ also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia

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• Jovan Mitrović ,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  ¶‡ AK, JK, JM, AP, AP, AĐ and DJ also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Archaeology, National Museum Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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• Aleksandra Papazovska ,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  ¶‡ AK, JK, JM, AP, AP, AĐ and DJ also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Archaeological Museum of North Macedonia, Skopje, North Macedonia

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• Andrijana Pravidur ,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  ¶‡ AK, JK, JM, AP, AP, AĐ and DJ also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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• Aca Đorđević ,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  ¶‡ AK, JK, JM, AP, AP, AĐ and DJ also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Archaeology, National Museum Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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• Dragan Jacanović

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  ¶‡ AK, JK, JM, AP, AP, AĐ and DJ also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation National Museum in Požarevac, Požarevac, Serbia

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