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Iron: A New Metal, A New Age
Prehistory & Iron Age
Heritage Blades

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Discover how Iron Age people turned ore into tools and weapons. Thomas Timbrell shows how archaeology and tool analysis reveal their techniques, ingenuity, and how they overcame the challenges of working with a new material.

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