Copper Age and Bronze Age
14 videos • 965 views • by RecordsKept Copper ushered the metal age, but it wasn't until the development of bronze by combining copper and tin, that a proper metallurgy developed. Stone continued to play an important part in communities of that time. In the heart of Europe, this eras are marked by pile dwellers - people who settled on and around lakes moors and other watery bodies around the Alps. From soft copper to shining bronze, we see massive development over centuries, sharing many cultural aspects with the first states of the Mediterranean.