Copper Flat Axes: Object Depictions in the Ancient Rock Art of Kilmartin Glen

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  • @NORTH02
    @NORTH02 Жыл бұрын

    Another great episode

  • @brandyjean7015
    @brandyjean7015 Жыл бұрын

    Well done, thank you.

  • @beepboop204

    @beepboop204

    Жыл бұрын

    🙃

  • @khajiitkitten5679
    @khajiitkitten5679 Жыл бұрын

    I love KZread--all the wonderful paleontology, geology, archaeology...and Dr. Dilley and how to make gorgeous tools and why they were made and when and where...Absolutely mesmerizing!!! And Kilmartin Glen--WOW! What a beautiful, beautiful place! So peaceful and green.

  • @peterschmidt6360
    @peterschmidt6360 Жыл бұрын

    such a high-quality content! Thank you very much!

  • @ronchecora5266
    @ronchecora5266 Жыл бұрын

    I love the look of this video!!!! Excellent work everyone!

  • @A.Elbereth.Gilthoniel
    @A.Elbereth.Gilthoniel Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for another great video. The cameraman work it highly appreciated. 2:39 It would help a lot if you were showing illustrations of flat axe, developed flat axe and flanged one - it is difficult for an uneducated person to understand the difference.

  • @aonghusmor333
    @aonghusmor333Ай бұрын

    Cool stuff!

  • @MountainJohn
    @MountainJohn Жыл бұрын

    I was waiting for this for so long.

  • @beepboop204

    @beepboop204

    Жыл бұрын

    🙂

  • @enchanted_golden_apple

    @enchanted_golden_apple

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @fabfabrice6087
    @fabfabrice6087 Жыл бұрын

    Super vidéo🤙🤙

  • @Ateesh6782
    @Ateesh6782 Жыл бұрын

    the idea that seeing patina on native copper may move people to look out for rocks of a similar color is exactly the sort if idea that fascinates me, thank you! all “ancient knowledge” is rooted in human experiences thay could happen today as easily as they did millions or thousands of years ago…

  • @Felco6
    @Felco6 Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding content. Thank you!

  • @thefeatheredfrontiersman8135
    @thefeatheredfrontiersman8135 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful gents! Very well maneuvered! I've always wanted to smelt my own copper axe. But fire is a very scarce thing where I live.

  • @nikolaimeriadoc696
    @nikolaimeriadoc696 Жыл бұрын

    This is a beautiful video on a fascinating subject ! My connection to the study of prehistory is through fiber crafts, but I love to learn about the facets of prehistoric life, and tool making is just so interesting to me. Thank you for these videos !

  • @spikewillow4552
    @spikewillow4552 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video ! Im hoping to get over to your 2 day axe course the whole process is fascinating 🤟

  • @imperatorcaesardivifiliusa3805
    @imperatorcaesardivifiliusa3805 Жыл бұрын

    Did the bell beakers who arrived in Britain come with the knowledge of alloying bronze? Or did they learn alloying copper independently? Just that by 2400BC the near East had a huge history of bronze already by this point and the bell beakers came with gold like the amesbury archer. so were the bell beakers simply making do with copper? Using the Irish copper mines until they found Cornish tin? Or did they just not know what to do with it?

  • @imperatorcaesardivifiliusa3805

    @imperatorcaesardivifiliusa3805

    Жыл бұрын

    @@eh1702 I don't think it's possible for copper to have been more valuable as gold. Copper occurs too regularly in it's native solid form compared to gold. The effort to collect so many tiny nuggets and flakes of gold and melt them into something small would always more more time and labour consuming in gathering compared to copper in it's native solid form. Copper on its own is still very malleable. The tools will bend if abused and edges need retouching regularly to keep them sharp.

  • @imperatorcaesardivifiliusa3805

    @imperatorcaesardivifiliusa3805

    Жыл бұрын

    @@eh1702 That's it though. The near East and Egypt were already using bronze by the bell beaker period. The Bell beakers knew and worked different metals so presumably knew something of alloying.

  • @douglasboyle6544
    @douglasboyle6544 Жыл бұрын

    7:55 That's some gneiss schist you got there.

  • @stuartbray
    @stuartbray11 ай бұрын

    Fantastic. What is the book you have there a 7.00 mins in? I'm guessing out of print but keen to track down a copy.

  • @BubuH-cq6km
    @BubuH-cq6km Жыл бұрын

    😎 video but you need louder audio especially in the field 😉

  • @beepboop204

    @beepboop204

    Жыл бұрын

    i have potato hearing and a potato sound system, is fine for me? maybe its because im so fond of potatoes?

  • @frankcarter6427
    @frankcarter6427 Жыл бұрын

    Is it likely that bronze was invented because they were mixing copper with all sorts of other materials and just happened on very rare tin?

  • @Stuart-little
    @Stuart-little Жыл бұрын

    First

  • @beepboop204

    @beepboop204

    Жыл бұрын