Pedigree: Copper Metallurgy Stage 6b

The PEDIGREE of

Copper Metallurgy Stage 6b

Two-piece moulds

"Child(ren)": Copper Metallurgy Stage 7

poss. "Partner(s)": Tin mining

________	________	________	________	_______	_______	_______
- Copper Metallurgy Stage 6b
\
\	-- Copper Metallurgy Stage 6a (Balkans 4500? BC)
	\	-- Copper Metallurgy Stage 5 (5000? BC - ?)
		\			/	-- poss. Exploding Pottery
		\|		/	-- Kiln-hardened Pottery
		\|	/	-- Metal smelting
		\	-- Copper Metallurgy Stage 4
			\	-- Copper Metallurgy Stage 3
				\	-- Copper Metallurgy Stage 2
					\	-- Copper Metallurgy Stage 1

``3-Great Grandchild:'' Man of Middle Minoan I

``9-Great Grandchild:'' Man of the Subminoan era in Crete