"Too rich for my blood." - Ancient cultures leaving bronze behind for cheap, cheap iron

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• PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Fun Fact! Much of Sub-Saharan Africa lacks a distinct ‘Bronze Age’, because the form of furnaces that spread there, bloomeries, were suited to smelt iron at their introduction.

  Funny how technology is often non-linear!

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  • Hylactor@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    How could I learn more about this?

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    • PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This gives a good overview of the discussion and background, as well as some excellent photos of artifacts!

      This might be of interest if you want a real-close look at the archeology itself.

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  • janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s really cool actually, I did not know that

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