malachite

A stone-paved workshop discovered at Çayönü Tepesi has brought to the fore raw malachite, partially manufactured artifacts, copper beads and other tinny copper products, thus exhibiting a privileged perspective on the Neolithic craft production system. Çayönü copper workshop covering the area of around 5 square meters in southeastern Turkey is dated to approximately 6900-6800 BC according to what was announced by Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy. The discovery presents not simply information about what and how people produced copper, but also where production took place. Copper Mining Boom Across Britain 3,600 Years Ago Found in New Study The Lost Iberian Civilization of Los Millares: Was Copper the Secret of its Success? Stone paving marks the small production area