While ancient civilizations in the Americas developed advanced metallurgy—particularly involving copper, gold, and silver—archaeologists do not define a traditional 'Bronze Age' (which centers on tin-bronze technology) in the pre-Columbian Americas.
Evidence against · 3
Ice-core evidence of earliest extensive copper metallurgy in the Andes 2700 years ago.
2017 · cited by 8
Paper [5] documents extensive copper metallurgy in the Andes beginning around 2700 years ago, focusing on copper rather than a generalized Bronze Age tin-bronze paradigm.
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Bronze Age Metallurgy. Production – Consumption – Exchange
2024 · cited by 2
Paper [9] highlights that the Bronze Age concept and its archaeological territories are historically situated in Europe and Eurasia, such as the Balkans and Central Europe.
Surface Manipulation in Cu- and Ag-Based Pre-Columbian Artifacts.
2025 · cited by 0
Paper [10] discusses sophisticated Pre-Columbian metallurgy in the Americas involving copper, silver, and gold alloys, but does not classify the era as a Bronze Age.