Melvadius Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 The Telegraph is carrying a report on the discovery in Austria of a female burial dating to the Bronze Age which contains a wide range of tools related to the production of bronze tools and implements. a lot of people don't realise that flint use continued well into the Bronze and even Iron Age so with the discovery of a hammer and anvil along with flint tools (possibly for cleaning burrs off bronze?) this discovery is seen as the first hard evidence for the creation of Bronze Age tools not being a solely male preserve in the period as is usually claimed. A slightly longer article is here from Business Standard while the Irish Daily Mail article here points out that another 14 burials from the site are currently being investigated. It sounds an interesting investigation to look forward to more details from in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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