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Aerial photograph of Black Mixen round barrow, New Radnor, 2001
  • During the Bronze Age, pottery was made by building pots out of coils of clay. It was probably produced by individual households making enough to fufill their own needs, although there is no evidence to indicate that it was solely the responsibility of women, as suggested in this illustration.
Reconstruction of pottery-making in the Bronze Age (about 1750BC)
  • This illustration, set during the Early Bronze Age, shows a metalworker pouring molten bronze into a stone mould for an axe. On the right-hand side of the foreground can be seen a range of axes and daggers that have already been produced.
Reconstruction of a metal-worker about 2000BC
  • This illustration, set during the later Bronze Age, shows a metalworker working alongside a range of bronze items that have already been produced. These include axes, cauldrons, swords and spearheads.
Reconstruction of a metal-worker about 800BC
  • Many of the first tools to be made in metal were weapons. This illustration shows some of these in use during a coastal raid.
Reconstruction of warriors, about 1100BC
  • This illustration shows the kind of tools that were in use just after the introduction of metalworking into Wales. At this time stone tools were still being used, for example arrowtips, whilst tools such as arrowheads were being made out of bronze.
Reconstruction of Bronze Age warriors about 2500BC