"A report on excavations at the Early Bronze Age copper mine in the uplands of Central Wales. Copa Hill is one of the best preserved and fully-excavated examples of primitive trench mines. The book presents an abundance of stone, antler and wooden mining artefacts as well as excavation and survey results from the mine itself and surrounding landscape. The site was probably used between 2000 and 1600 BC."
"1 0.5 Australian Aboriginal stone hammer similar to those which may have been
used for mining elsewhere, from Evans 1 897, 1 68. 10.6 Broken withy haft found
amongst mine debris inside the entrance to the Bronze Age opencast on Copa
Hill, Cwmystwyth (1995). 1 0.7 'Copper Man' - the ... 11.12 Pot-bellows from Tell
edh-Dhiba' i, Baghdad, 3rd millennium BC (photo P. Craddock, 1 995). ... 11.16
SEM micrograph of the detached prill from ..."
The Archaeology of Alderley Edge Survey, Excavation and Experiment in an Ancient Mining Landscape by SimonTimberlake Paperback, 314 Pages, Published 2005 by John & Erica Hedges Import ISBN-13: 978-1-84058-007-5, ISBN: 1-84058-007-0