1300 BC: Miners worked a copper vein in Spain with hundreds of stone hammers; more than 3,000 years later, researchers found chemical matches in 11 Scandinavian bronze objects, hinting at a far-reaching trade network
- Representative Image (AI-generated)A mine in south-western Spain is offering new clues about how copper travelled across Bronze Age Europe, potentially linking miners in the Iberian Peninsula with communities in Scandinavia thousands of kilometres away.
- Around 1300 BC, people were extracting copper ore at Las Minillas, using stone tools to work deposits deep underground.
- Centuries later, bronze objects found in Scandinavia would preserve chemical signatures consistent with the metals produced at this Spanish site, offering evidence of connections that may have crossed much of Europe.
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- Representative Image (AI-generated)A mine in south-western Spain is offering new clues about how copper travelled across Bronze Age Europe, potentially linking miners in the Iberian Peninsula with communities in Scandinavia thousands of kilometres away.
- Around 1300 BC, people were extracting copper ore at Las Minillas, using stone tools to work deposits deep underground.
- Centuries later, bronze objects found in Scandinavia would preserve chemical signatures consistent with the metals produced at this Spanish site, offering evidence of connections that may have crossed much of Europe.
Sources: Times of India