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Barra, Western Isles
First screened 20 January 2008

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Time Trial

Seen the programme, explored the website? How many of these questions about the Bronze Age can you answer?

Question 1 of 6
What percentage of metals was used in making the earliest bronze?




Question 2 of 6
At which modern-day seaside town have extensive Bronze-Age copper mines been found, including about seven kilometres of tunnels?




Question 3 of 6
The Bronze-Age 'Amesbury archer' burial, discovered five kilometres south east of Stonehenge in 2002, was that of a man who came from central Europe. How did the archaeologists find that out?




Question 4 of 6
A widespread change in burial practices halfway through the Bronze Age saw what become more common?




Question 5 of 6
In early Bronze-Age burials, men and women are often found lying on different sides. Which was the common practice?




Question 6 of 6
What distinctive form of burial mound emerged in the early Bronze Age?




out of 6 correct on first try


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