The Bronze Age

The Bronze Age


2000 to 800 BC

At the end of the New Stone Age the first metal objects appeared in this country. They were jewellery and tools made of copper. They were, however, very rare. Around 2000 BC bronze was introduced. This is the beginning of the Bronze Age in the Netherlands. Bronze is a mixture of copper and tin. As the material is tougher than stone, tools do not break as quickly as those made of stone. If they did, they could easily be melted down to new objects.

Copper and tin, however, were not found in the Netherlands. By means of barter trade the bronze had to be imported from Great Britain and southern Germany. It was an expensive material, that not everyone could afford. That is why even in the Bronze Age stone remained an important raw material.

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