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The article mentions arsenical bronze being unlike bronze made in the rest of the world, but that's not true. Arsenical bronze has been made around the world f
by liability 6y ago
The article mentions arsenical bronze being unlike bronze made in the rest of the world, but that's not true. Arsenical bronze has been made around the world for thousands of years. This is likely due to arsenic often being found in close proximity to copper while sources of tin are harder to find. However it's my understanding that some cultures in the Andes did have access to tin and produced tin bronze as well as arsenical bronze.
- TheGallopedHigh 6y agoTwo major sources of Tim in ancient times were Britain (often called Tin island by the romans before they went on to conquer it) and Afghanistan.
- rickdangerous1 6y agoHow many Tims do you think Britain had back then?
- liability 6y agoIt was originally a Greek name, so probably not many before the Romans showed up. Maybe a few though.
- ncmncm 6y agoNow we know that tin was traded from England almost 4000 years ago.