Guangzhou crucibles provide earliest direct evidence of brass-making in East Asia

Guangzhou crucibles provide earliest direct evidence of brass-making in East Asia

For centuries, scholars have read ancient documents describing the production of brass in 10th-century A.D. China. The problem was that the earliest physical evidence of brass production would be found nearly 600 years later, in the 16th century A.D.

Earliest physical evidence of brass production in East Asia found in China | Archaeology News Online Magazine

9th-century crucibles from Guangzhou provide the earliest physical evidence of brass production in East Asia.