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The Amesbury Archer

The amesbury archer was buried in a grave with seven beaker pots. He's one of the first beaker burials that we have, so he might have been quite important and powerful. And he's also a metal worker, which at that time was a new skill. People would never have seen metal before. It means taking stone and making metal out of it. You have to superheat copper, don't you? Yrn tein tin. One idea is tht he’s coming looking for tin sauces from south west britainbtalme a glan,. sort of ery er. I do im i quite like to think that he was inspired

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