What are some cultural issues regarding the of extraction of metals?
“The cultural development of humans has been closely connected with their discovery of materials and invention of tools to the point where major advances in cultural achievement have been described in terms of the materials they learned to use. This has included their use of metals and discoveries of increasingly sophisticated methods of extraction of metals from their ores.” http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/se… F.e.cultural development in Iron Age and Bronze Age depends significantly on metals and the possibility to extract them. Iron changed trade, for not every area was naturally endued with the ore. Iron was relatively cheap and promoted local independence. When it was brought to light that copper may be made harder by melting it tog
