锡和人类早期文明有着密切的关系,因为铜中加入锡后,极大地提高了硬度,并改善了铸造性能,可以制成各种器物、工具和武器,从而使金属器取代了石器,开创了青铜时代。由于锡在古代有着特别重要的意义,因此一直是冶金史研究的重点,国内外学者对早期锡的来源、冶炼、使用等方面作了大量的调查和探索,取得一定成果,但对其中某些关键问题至今尚未得出确切的结论。 Tin is closely related to the early civilization of mankind because the addition of tin to copper greatly increases the hardness and improves the casting properties and makes various utensils, tools and weapons, thus replacing metalwork with stone tools and creating a Bronze Age. Because tin has a special significance in ancient times, it has always been the focus of metallurgical history research. Scholars at home and abroad have made a lot of investigations and exploration on the sources, smelting and use of early tin, and achieved some results. However, some of them The key issues have not yet come to an exact conclusion.