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Bronze Age Archaeology
Definition:
Chinese Bronze Age burial site in Pinggu Province near BeiXun. The site is most important for the early evidence (ca 4000 years BP) of iron working; a bronze sword with an iron edge, cast from a meteorite and set into a bronze haft was recovered from the site.
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• BeiXun
Archaeology of Asia
Archaeological sites and studies of the ancient Asian civilizations
The invention of metallurgy marks the onset of the Bronze Age in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East.
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