copper tools
Malleable metal implements
Copper tools are implements made from copper, among the earliest metal tools in human history.
Copper is soft compared to bronze or iron, so copper tools—axes, chisels, awls—were eventually replaced by harder alloys.
The term appears in archaeology and discussions of early metallurgy: The excavation uncovered copper tools dating to 4000 BCE.
- ChalcolithicCopper Age period
- awlPointed piercing implement
- axeBladed tool for chopping
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- verdigrisCopper oxidation's green crust
Bronze Age · chisel · malleable · metallurgy · Indus Valley · Ötzi · Mesopotamia · malachite · casting · lost wax · sickle · hammer · artifact · knife · scraper · ductile · archaeology · plowshare
- prehistoryNeolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen, paleolithic
- antiquitiesancient coins, ancient relics, ancient artifacts, ancient pottery, ancient seals
- Bronze Agebronze swords, bronze, bronze jewelry, bronze dagger, bronze mirrors
- ancient metalworkingsmelting, forging, smithing, casting molds, crucibles
- copperworkcoppersmithing, copperware, weathervanes, gutters, downspouts
- Pre-Columbian artifactsancient artifacts, clay figurines, ceramic vessels, stone carvings, burial goods
technological advancement/primitiveness
copper toolspower tools
Motor-driven implements
machine tools · stone tools · iron tools · industrial machinery · hand axes