Weekly Roundup- September 2nd

Chinese bronze, decipherment of Elamite, occupation archaeology and much more! Plus- an update!

Researchers decipher mysterious ancient recipe for bronze

Bronze production was near industrial level during the Shang dynasty (c. 2000 BCE) much ahead of other bronze producing cultures in the Near East, for example. And now researchers belief they have rediscovered a recipe for the alloy. They argued that Shang people relied on pre-prepared alloys whic…