Bronze Age Britons fashioned copper-mining tools out of old bones

Bronze Age Britons fashioned copper-mining tools out of old bones

An analysis of 150 artefacts from a site in Wales shows that the ancient practice of making tools out of bone persisted even after the advent of metal-working

How Bronze Age Britons Crafted Copper Mining Tools from Ancient Bones

Bronze Age Tools: Wedges Made from Limb Bones O. Zagorodnia Despite having the technology for metal tools, communities in Bronze Age Britain effectively utilized animal bone tools in conjunction with metal for copper extraction over nine centuries, from 3700 to 2800 years ago. A detailed study of 150 bones from a Bronze Age copper mining [...] The post How Bronze Age Britons Crafted Copper Mining Tools from Ancient Bones appeared first on Mondo …