Cabezo Juré is an

archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or recorded history, historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline ...

located in Alosno,

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from the 3rd millennium BC. The archaeological excavations have recently revealed the vestiges of an ancient community of workers specialized in the

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copper Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu (from Latin ) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkish-orang ...

. Evidence of their metallurgical activity has been found in remains of various

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obtained at temperatures close to 2,200 °F as well as large quantities of

slag The general term slag may be a by-product or co-product of smelting (pyrometallurgical) ores and recycled metals depending on the type of material being produced. Slag is mainly a mixture of metal oxides and silicon dioxide. Broadly, it can be c ...

SiO2 Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula , commonly found in nature as quartz. In many parts of the world, silica is the major constituent of sand. Silica is one of the most complex and abundant f ...

saturate silicates and copper products.

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radiocarbon age revealed it was active between 2873 and 2274 BC.

References

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