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Copper: An Ancient Metal (Dartmouth Toxic Metals)

Dartmouth Toxic Metals

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A Dartmouth College Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program page on copper's early history, including native copper's use before smelting was understood.

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Publisher
Dartmouth College, Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program
URL
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/toxmetal/more-metals/copper-an-ancient-metal/
Source Type
reference article
Reliability Tier
2
A university outreach page rather than peer reviewed scholarship, but published by an academic institution's research program with an identifiable sponsoring body, the middle tier, above an anonymously edited wiki but short of peer reviewed scholarship.
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Copper: An Ancient Metal (Dartmouth Toxic Metals)
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  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Articles, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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