Tag: Bronze to Iron Transition


  • How Copper Smelters Accidentally Sparked the Iron Age

    How Copper Smelters Accidentally Sparked the Iron Age

    Uncovering a Hidden Link Between Copper and Iron The idea that the Iron Age began with a single, momentous breakthrough is being challenged by new evidence from Cranfield University. Researchers revisited a 3,000-year-old workshop at Kvemo Bolnisi in southern Georgia and uncovered a surprising twist in the story of metallurgy: iron oxide particles were present…