bronze tools
Ancient metal instruments
Bronze tools are implements made from bronze—an alloy of copper and tin harder than either metal alone.
The term appears primarily in historical and archaeological contexts, referring to the technology that defined the Bronze Age (roughly 3300–1200 BCE): Bronze tools allowed early civilizations to clear forests and cultivate land more efficiently than stone implements had.
- early civilizationEarliest complex human societies
- axeBladed tool for chopping
- chiselEdged carving implement
- adzeTransverse-bladed hewing implement
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
tin · metal alloy · casting · Mesopotamia · metallurgy · mold casting · annealing · smelting · hardness · spearhead · dagger · Shang dynasty · hammer · Indus Valley · votive offerings · saw · ductility · ancient craftsmanship
- ancient trade goodsgold, silver, copper, silk, spices
- prehistoryNeolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen, paleolithic
- ancient artifactsjade mask, Viking sword, antiquities, Roman coin, obsidian knife
- hand toolsscrewdriver, wrench, hammer, pliers, saw
- Ancient MesopotamiaBabylon, Assyria, cuneiform, Nineveh, Sumer
- antiquitiesancient coins, ancient relics, ancient artifacts, ancient pottery, ancient seals
technological/material era
bronze toolsstone tools
Shaped rocks for tasks
iron tools · flint tools · bone tools · copper tools · digital technology