An analysis of 150 artefacts from a site in Wales shows that the ancient practice of making tools out of bone persisted even ...

In the sun-scorched hills near Cabeza del Buey, a small town in Spain’s Badajoz province, archaeologists from the University ...

Archaeologists have uncovered six previously unknown Bronze Age mines in southwestern Spain, offering a striking new clue ...

Dozens of copper alloys are available as bearing materials. Most of these can be grouped into five classes: copper lead, copper tin (sometimes called tin bronze), leaded bronze, aluminum bronze, and ...

Phosphor bronze alloys were of great significance in the Bronze Age. The addition of phosphor in bronze alloys results in increased wear resistance, fatigue resistance and hardness, thus allowing the ...

According to the definition, a wreck is a sunken or damaged ship. Most people associate it with a rusty iron structure or the wooden skeleton of a ship underwater. Underwater archaeologists have a ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

An alloy of copper and tin with a similar color to Nordic Standard copper finish. When exposed to the atmosphere, the surface will change gradually to a stable, dark chocolate brown or even black ...

New Spanish discovery: Six Bronze Age copper mines found in Badajoz province may match metal in Scandinavian artifacts. Trade route puzzle: The find could pinpoint a long-suspected Iberian source for ...