Bronze is an alloy mostly consisting of copper with the addition of other metals, small amounts of other non-metals that might also be in the mix, and the range of alloys produced were harder and stronger than copper alone. Bronze was often cast and used as tools and weapons, but over centuries artists developed casting methods making hard but thin and lightweight mold-made pieces with sharp and highly accurate details that were both beautiful and accurate representations of life-size deities, religious, and historical figures. As
they were harder and much more durable than versions made in stone and other materials, they have generally been more valued and long lasting, many having survived for millennia.
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Prehistoric Thai Bronze Age jewelry, adzes and tools have been found all over Thailand. Excavations from various soil levels show many sites had been inhabited for millennia. They confirm the existence of an early, well-developed metallurgical tradition of bronze digging and cutting tools, adzes (ancient axe like tools to cut wood), adult and child’s bronze…
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