Mining & Smelting ExperimentsEarly Mines Research Group
Hammer-stones - hand held crushing implements from Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth

Experimental archaeology has proved  useful  in helping us tounderstand excavation evidence as well as in predicting what to look for.

Lead bole (wind-powered) smelt on Copa Hill 2003
photo S.Timberlake

Cooperative smelting of copper carbonate on Alderley Edge,1998

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