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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 5480940, member: 97383"]Many archaeologists & historians believe the Chinese were the 1st to invent bronze. Chinese archaeology works at a very slow pace so we may not no the answer to that for a long time. We're confident the Chinese from the Xia Dynasty were using bronze nearly 4,000 years ago from the excavations at Erlitou. It's also possible that bronze could have been invented in a number of different places. Finding the turning point from the Copper Age to the Bronze Age relies on the discovery & whereabouts of tin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1238946[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Xia bronze plaque with turquoise inlay.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 5480940, member: 97383"]Many archaeologists & historians believe the Chinese were the 1st to invent bronze. Chinese archaeology works at a very slow pace so we may not no the answer to that for a long time. We're confident the Chinese from the Xia Dynasty were using bronze nearly 4,000 years ago from the excavations at Erlitou. It's also possible that bronze could have been invented in a number of different places. Finding the turning point from the Copper Age to the Bronze Age relies on the discovery & whereabouts of tin. [ATTACH=full]1238946[/ATTACH] [B]Xia bronze plaque with turquoise inlay.[/B][/QUOTE]
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