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minus-squarepomegranatefern@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoInterestingly enough, I just finished watching The Lost Metallurgy of the Ancient Americas video, and not only were some cannons made of bronze, but apparently the Conquistadors did actually have some Mesoamerican Natives make some artillery for them using native metallurgy techniques and the locally mined copper/bronze the Natives were already making.1 1 Copper alloyed with arsenic forms a sort of bronze, and copper-tin alloys were also used for the bronze best known nowadays.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoWow, that’s a really interesting find! Even Spain at that time had not produced the metal domestically for centuries, relying on imports from central Europe. Ironic. I wouldn’t be surprised if more parts of their technological superiority also relied on imports
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoThen they were in the bronze age, at least technically
Interestingly enough, I just finished watching The Lost Metallurgy of the Ancient Americas video, and not only were some cannons made of bronze, but apparently the Conquistadors did actually have some Mesoamerican Natives make some artillery for them using native metallurgy techniques and the locally mined copper/bronze the Natives were already making.1
1 Copper alloyed with arsenic forms a sort of bronze, and copper-tin alloys were also used for the bronze best known nowadays.
Wow, that’s a really interesting find!
Ironic. I wouldn’t be surprised if more parts of their technological superiority also relied on imports
Then they were in the bronze age, at least technically