How did bronze age man make bronze?
Bronze in the Bronze-Age and of today is made in the same manner. Bronze is an alloy of Tin and Copper. In the Bronze Age and until about the 1960s, the main sources for both Tin and Copper here in UK were to be found in Cornwall [Kernow]. Cornwall – Cornish Mines and Mining History in Cornwall Cornwall mining sites – A guide to Cornish mines. … and as they crystallized they formed mineral lodes – tin, copper, zinc, lead and iron with some silver … http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/mines.… – Cached Mines in St Just Area of Cornwall St Just Mines, Cornwall. St Just area has been mined for tin and copper for around 2000 years, however volume production started around 1820 and lasted till … http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/mines/… How a bronze is made: the lost wax method JC Chism, Oregon artist and sculptor, 1955- re
