The Road to Scandinavia's Bronze Age: Trade Routes, Metal Provenance, and Mixing (IMAGE)

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The Road to Scandinavia's Bronze Age: Trade Routes, Metal Provenance, and Mixing

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British-developed bronze flat-axe from Selchausdal, northwest Zealand (NM B5310, photo: Nørgaard). The 20-cm-long axe has a geometric decoration covering the surface. Low-impurity copper is alloyed with 10% Sn. Scandinavia holds the largest proportion of British type axes outside the British Isles 2000-1700 BC.

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Heide W. Nørgaard (2019)

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