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Bronze Age Britain (animation)
Life in Bronze Age Britain through the eyes of one family as they learn how copper and tin is mined, and make bronze using a furnace. Metal tools have a huge impact on farming, making it much easier to clear forest and grow more crops. The loom is invented, and woollen clothes first appear. As population increases, people meet together more, building stone circles as meeting places and sites of religious significance.
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