Archaeology Archaeologists solve ancient mystery: “on what bronze age miners and merchants were able to achieve” The Bronze Age arose in the eastern Mediterranean but one thing has puzzled ...

To make bronze, you need copper—abundant in ancient Eurasia—and a modest dose of tin, about 10%. The result is a hard, golden-hued metal that shaped weapons, tools, and ornaments for centuries.

A new study published in the journal Antiquity unveiled that large amounts of Bronze Age tin may have originated from Cornwall and Devon in southwest Britain, where the richest and most accessible ...

A new study has revealed the surprising role British innovation played in spurring Bronze Age civilizations across Europe, according to a new study published in the journal Antiquity. By analyzing ...

Given that bronze was typically made from 90% copper and 10% tin, if the copper produced by each of these known mines had to be matched by 10% tin, then tens or even hundreds of tonnes of tin were ...

Near the shafts were primitive ore-crushing plants, consisting of stone slabs and hammers. Two skeletons of these bronze age miners were found, who had met their death by a fall of the roof.

The researchers cautiously propose, with the rigor that scientific investigation demands, that the complex could have functioned as a place of worship for ancient miners, an interpretation that, if ...

Written records and archaeological evidence suggest that mining took place in Alderley Edge in the Roman times, Bronze Age and between the 1690s and 1920s, for copper, lead and cobalt.

Bronze Age graves in Hungary show millet replaced meat, mobility dropped, inequality shrank, and diets changed.

Did Bronze Age Europe have a market economy? New research suggests “hoard piles” could be linked to the exchange of small pieces of metal – much like money changes hands today.

Amid highway construction, archaeologists uncovered a 3,000-year-old Late Bronze Age settlement and cremation cemetery, as announced by the Suffolk City Council in the United Kingdom.

The Suffolk City Council described the site as a “Late Bronze Age settlement and cremation cemetery” that dates back 3,000 years; they shared the information in a press release dated mid-April.