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DTSTART:20240221T193000Z
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URL:https://cornisharchaeology.org.uk/events/das-cas-joint-online-lecture-
 project-ancient-tin-did-british-tin-sources-and-trade-make-bronze-age-euro
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SUMMARY:DAS/CAS Joint Online Lecture - Project Ancient Tin: Did British tin
  sources and trade make Bronze Age Europe?
DESCRIPTION:Short Abstract\nIn c. 2200 BC\, Britain and Ireland were the fi
 rst regions in Europe to completely switch over from copper to bronze meta
 l\, typically with around 10% tin. This change spread across the rest of 
 Bronze Age Europe and the Mediterranean over the following centuries. As
  Devon and Cornwall possessed probably the richest and most accessible tin
  deposits in Europe\, there has long been speculation that tin from this
  region was traded across the continent. Project Ancient Tin has sought to
  ‘fingerprint’ British and other European tin ores to tin artefacts i
 n Europe and the Mediterranean using the latest chemical and isotopic ana
 lytical techniques as part of a re-evaluation the European Bronze Age tin
  trade.\n\nSpeakers\n\nAlan Williams has a long-standing interest in Bronz
 e Age tin since working at Wheal Jane tin mine as a student mining geologi
 st many years ago. Following a career in industry as chief geologist for a
 n international glass company sourcing glass-making raw materials around t
 he world\, he completed his PhD research on the Great Orme Bronze Age copp
 er mine in north Wales at the University of Liverpool. More recently he jo
 intly initiated Project Ancient Tin and is a research associate in the Dep
 artment of Archaeology at Durham University.\n\nBen Roberts has spent over
  twenty years researching and publishing on Neolithic-Bronze Age archaeolo
 gy\, early metallurgy and metal objects across Europe. Prior to joining t
 he Department of Archaeology at Durham University\, he was the Curator fo
 r the European Bronze Age collections in the British Museum.\n\n
CATEGORIES:Talks
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