Trade & the Amesbury Archer
History: KS2 National Curriculum, topic 1.3.4
Trade & the Amesbury Archer
Trade in the Bronze Age
- Bronze Age people traded goods with others far away.
- Bronze Age people traded:
- Tools, weapons, jewellery
- Grain, salt
- Pottery, beads
Importance of trade
- Trade helped people get materials they could not find nearby.
- People needed copper and tin to make bronze tools and weapons.
- Trade helped different communities share ideas and culture.
- Bronze Age trade helped towns and villages grow bigger.
Amesbury Archer
- The Amesbury Archer is a man from the Bronze Age discovered near Stonehenge.
- He lived around 2,300 BC.
- More than 100 objects were buried with the Amesbury Archer.
- Some of the objects were arrowheads.
- There was also a cushion stone used when working with metal.
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