Dear Leon,
I won't make any comments on the Bailey sort of book, as I have been told not
to read such books for health reasons. My wife can't stand the uncontrolled
spluttering and expletives (not deleted) when I come across the massive
misrepresentation of the data, or complete disregard for the all the evidence
on the ground.
For an over view of the subjectI would suggest starting with Roger
Penhallurick's book 'Tin in antiquity: its mining and trade throughout the
ancient world with particular reference to Cornwall'. Institute of Metals,
London, 1986 ISBN 0904357813.
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:06:01 +0200 Leon Retief <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I am a new list member and I hope that I'll be excused for asking or writing
> dumb posts. My knowledge of archeaelogy is at present rather negilible.
>
> I'm sending this question because I have recently been told about a book
> "The God-Kings and the Titans" by James Bailey, published in 1973 and now
> out of print - I'm still trying to get hold of a copy, however, even though
> I have not read it yet I'm trying to gather information about some of
> Bailey's claims.
>
> Bailey's thesis is apparently that ancient Atlantis existed in the Americas
> and that a rather extensive trade in metals took place between the Americas
> and Europe as long ago as 7 000 BC and possibly even before then. This
> sounds rather improbable to me, but anyway he states that since bronze
> consists of copper and tin, and because there is/was not enough tin deposits
> in Europe, tin had to be imported to Europe from the Americas. According to
> him the "vast amounts of bronze" manufactured during the bronze age needed
> other sources of tin which he says was not available in Europe at the time.
>
> So what I'd like to know is this : what is know about tin mining in Europe
> during the bronze age? Were there enough tin deposits to manufacture the
> "vast amounts" of bronze?
>
> Thanks and regards
>
> Leon Retief
> Bellville
> Souith Africa
>
>
>
>
>
Chris Salter
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