preliminarily interpreted as raw copper fragments, are under laboratory analyses to determine if they underwent metallurgical processing, Novak elaborated, adding that future excavations might supply ...

True bronze is a combination of 10% tin and 90% copper. Both materials were readily available in Britain at this time. Before its entry into Britain, the Bronze Age was in full swing in Europe.The ...

The part of the site selected by the JU team for test excavations —WadiFaynan731 (WF731)— is located in an area noteworthy ...

but it was soon discovered that mixing copper with another metal - tin - would make something even stronger - bronze. And this marked the beginning of a great new age in Britain - the Bronze Age ...