Old bronze

The old Bronze Age ( 1800-1500 BC ) includes/understands all the period of the appearance of the Métallurgie, with the Cuivre, the tin then the Bronze. There was a progressive evolution without notable modification of the material conditions of existence. But the international business of copper developed and thus the contacts.

chronology

towards the end of the thousand-year-old IV° into High Egypt and Mésopotamie
medium of the thousand-year-old III° in Anatolia with Cyprus in Crete in Greece and in the valley of the Indus
II° in Europe starting from the Spain with the civilization of El Argar close to Almeria on the one hand, of the Bohemia with the Culture of Unetice on the other hand. And also in China under the dynasty Chang

Geographical extension

August 1st

Technique

The major technological innovation is of course the appearance of a Alliage of Cuivre and tin which allowed the realization of many objects in Bronze.

Added with tin 10%, copper gives an alloy more resistant than copper, the bronze, but which is more Malléable when it is hot. This characteristic made it clean to cast which was done according to two techniques, in stone moulds or by the technique of the lost Cire. The latter makes it possible to carry out hollow objects of great dimension, like hubs of wheels of tank and of course of the weapons like sword S, irons of Lance and Poignard S.

Art

Collars, ornaments, loops which one knows by those deposited in the tombs.

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