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1 A2 Archaeology AQA

2 Material Culture, Technology and Economics

3 (Life gets VERY interesting!)
The Bronze Age (Life gets VERY interesting!)

4 A market for metal Weaponry Tools Vessels Adornment Status symbols
Ritual objects Hoarding

5 Male Burial with Beaker pot.

6 Grave 43 at Varna, Bulgaria
Grave 43 at Varna, Bulgaria. Prestige burial with high status metal artefacts.

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9 Map showing possible spread of copper working in Europe.

10 Rudna Glava - Yugoslavia
Vinca culture ~5000BC. Cuprite & Chalcopyrite Ancient copper mines discovered between Accidentally when open-cast mining for iron. Narrow shafts with Vinca pottery vessels in some. Fire setting, bone & wooden tools, stone hammers (grooved down middle like Cornish examples).

11 Ross Island, Ireland ~2400-1800BC

12 Bronze axe (top) and copper ingot (bottom) found at Ross Island.

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14 Tin “Of all the metals used in antiquity, tin is one of the rarest”
Puzzle of origins of Prehistoric Tin sources before European deposits found Sources: Yugoslavia Germany Cornwall Cornish myths: Source of Phoenician Tin Achilles’ shield & helmet Tabernacle for Israelites Solomon's Temple Cornish toast to “ Fish, Tin and Copper”!

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16 Bronze into Europe Tradition view: BUT….
Bronze brought to Europe by Mycenaean merchant fleets. Unetician culture traded bronze along the Danube. Believed Beaker people took Bronze to Britain then Ireland. BUT…. Tin Bronze perfected in Britain (90% Copper, 10% Tin). So not as straight forward as this!

17 Great Orme Mine: Main mineral veins

18 Malachite

19 The miners followed the malachite wherever it went.

20 Small tunnels indicate work by children.

21 Bone tool marks underground

22 Bone tools

23 Stone pestle & mortar

24 Stone ‘lamp’ found in late 1800s.

25 Reusable axe mould – Shropshire.

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