2:08 Wrong, it was bronze! Copper is much too soft!

@ChooseaChoice

3 ай бұрын

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@joepkortekaas8813

3 ай бұрын

@@ChooseaChoice Yes, copper was used, but NOT for tools!

@ChooseaChoice

3 ай бұрын

Thank you infinitely for the support you've provided to my channel. I'm aware that you were one of my first followers and have helped me correct my mistakes. However, my research indicates that copper was used before bronze in toolmaking. There seems to be some uncertainty on this matter. If you could share a source with me, I would be very pleased. :)

@joepkortekaas8813

3 ай бұрын

@@ChooseaChoice Among my rather large amount (for a layman) of books about archeology, only a few mention a "copper age". One is "Lost Civilisations of the Stone Age" by Richard Rudgley, who says: " Towards the end of the Neolithic period, copper metallurgy emerged in some regions,, and this has led some archaeologists to distinguish a Copper Age (or Chalcolithic period) from the preceding Neolithic and subsequent Bronze Age (the latter of which lasted in Europe from 2000 to 700 BC)". He then only mentions copper one more time (page 153) for non-utilitarian uses - in other words, for ornaments. An other book is "Written in Bones", edited by Paul Bahn, which mentions the so-called Ice Man, found in Austria, as belonging to the Copper Age, who possessed a copper ax - which, the experts believe, was "a ceremonial mark of authority" and not a tool as such. Another book mentioning copper as a used metal is "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond. He just mentions copper in passing, and says that although copper, silver, gold and alloys were used for ornaments in the Andes, stone and wood and bone were still the principal materials for tools in all native American societies, which made only limited local use of copper tools.(and, I for one, consider tools to be hammers, chisels, knives, axes, spades etc., and not a small drinking vessel or a spoon!). I have really not been able to find any proof of real copper tools, and as a mechanical engineer, I would be highly surprised to find some - as I said, copper is much too soft for use as a serious tool! Hope this is of some help.

@ChooseaChoice

3 ай бұрын

I thank you for the information you provided.