New study refutes origin claim involving Bronze Age tin ingots recovered from shipwreck
Tin deposits and tin finds in the eastern Mediterranean, Middle and Late Bronze Age. Credit: Daniel Berger / CEZA Archaeometallurgists have been debating the exact origin of tin used in the Bronze Age for 150 years. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin, and in the Bronze Age it was used to make a
Alejandro Latson
September 26, 2023