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  1. Iron Age Bosutswe pulled copper from mines in five modern countries, some over 950 km away. But every bronze it made used tin from a single South African valley. #Archaeology #Botswana #Archaeometallurgy anthropology.net/p/copper-from

  2. Three 9th-century crucibles from Guangzhou just pushed the archaeological record of Chinese brass-making back nearly 600 years, and the evidence points to the sea, not the Silk Road, as the route knowledge traveled. #Archaeometallurgy #ChineseArchaeology #TangDynasty anthropology.net/p/three-small

  3. A 2,000-year-old iron workshop in Senegal ran the same technique for nearly 800 years. What does that kind of stability tell us about how technical knowledge survives? #Archaeology #AfricanHistory #Archaeometallurgy anthropology.net/p/eight-centu

  4. Sasanian helmets labeled “copper alloy” for 100+ years turn out to be partly brass, not bronze. A British Museum/Cambridge study reveals what that distinction means for understanding late antique metalworking & the origins of Islamic brass traditions. #Archaeometallurgy #SasanianEmpire #AncientIran #Iran #Archaeology anthropology.net/p/brass-befor

  5. A 2,400-year-old iron smelting workshop in Senegal ran for nearly 800 years and barely changed its technique throughout. New research reveals what that kind of continuity looks like in the ground. #Archaeology #AfricanHistory #Archaeometallurgy

    anthropology.net/p/eight-centu

  6. sflorg.com/2026/03/arch0331260
    An exceptionally well-preserved iron-smelting workshop located in eastern Senegal provides detailed evidence of sub-Saharan African iron production dating back 2,400 years.
    #Archaeology #Archaeometallurgy #Anthropology #sflorg