Britain Started Europe’s Bronze Age 🇬🇧

Learn about bronze metallurgy and more in The Book by Hungry Minds! Get 10% off with code SURVIVE before 11th August https://mdsh.io/ix55im556nDiscover the pivotal role Britain played in sparking Europe’s Bronze Age in this free history documentary! 🌟 Unearth the secrets of the Beaker folk, who mainstreamed tin-bronze in the British Isles around 2200 BC, revolutionising metallurgy with Cornwall and Devon’s rich tin deposits. Focusing on the iconic Huntshaw dagger, explore how such early bronze weapons, buried in sacred barrows, symbolised power and spirituality. 🗡️ Dive into the history of tin trade, ancient craftsmanship, and the cultural significance of Bronze Age daggers, including exclusive insights from master swordsmith Neil Burridge. 🛠️ Why were these state-of-the-art weapons buried with the dead? Watch to uncover the mysteries of Britain’s Bronze Age legacy! #bronzeage #britishhistory #ancientweapons Full interview with Neil Burridge sword smith: https://youtu.be/HoL7xO4j99c?feature=sharedDrone and additional camera work in Cornwall by @ROTPband More on the Huntshaw barrows: https://youtu.be/b_o3AAetzU0?feature=shared Second channel for streaming @jivetalk Art of Beaker chief by Christian Sloan HallBronze Age map by Dan KogosovMusic: Intro theme by WolcensmenHildigaldra - Sun in TimeStyrkr -Old fatherRealisation of a new Earth - I think I can help youBark sound productions - EGDBark sound productions - FornBorg - The choosing ceremony Tom May - Atlantis FallingElegiac - Invocation of IngwazOutro = Xurious - Steppe expansionSources:Doe, G.M. The Examination of two Barrows near Torrington.(1875)Jones, Quinnell. ‘Daggers in the West: Early Bronze Age Daggers and Knives in the South-west Peninsula’. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (2013)Wang, Strekopytov, Roberts,’Copper ingots from a probable Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Salcombe, Devon: Composition and microstructure’ Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 97, 2018.Williams et al. From Land's End to the Levant: did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean?. Antiquity (2025) https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/2016/03/17/ham_dagger/ 00:00 Introduction00:37 Beaker Folk discover tin06:03 The Book07:33 Early bronze weapons09:08 A bronze sword smith explains the process13:59 The Huntshaw dagger20:18 Why were weapons placed in graves?...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2wdHen1hYk