Not copper but tin.

Copper was relatively common, and most of the Bronze Age empires had their own supply. Tin was much rarer, and so was traded much further.

I've also heard that the name Britain (and Brittany) come from the Cornish tin trade, but I've not seen evidence.

I prefer the version where he swims back to England wearing tights.

Vikings raided islamic Iberia a few times.

Eccentric nobility has long been a thing. I don't know if the examples you give are typical but I'm certain they were not unknown. Added to this a number of them had few responsibilities until much later in life.

Makes me wonder if a crusader brought It back, but that'd be a long journey with glass. The later crusaders did use ships to travel most of the way, like the one that took Lisbon Portugal from the moors. I could totally see a Syrian beaker being looted and brought back from Lisbon. It Lines up with the 12th century, but of course, speculation.

Eh maybe. There is a reason they were replaced in the manner that they were in many cultures. For example, along the Great Lakes we see that many cultures begin to replace stone points and knives with copper elements scrapped from copper trade goods as soon as they had access to the trade goods. Copper was easier to work with, easier to rework, and simply just sturdier than a stone tool. Once the British and French started trading copper pots we suddenly see that everyone is obtaining these pots and dismantling them to use the copper for tools. Parts of the rim would become knives or fishing hooks, for example. I'm generalizing for a bit, but the biggest reason people went away from stone tools is that they can be finicky to work with. I flintknap in my free time, and it can be VERY frustrating to spend an hour on a point only to have it break because I hit in incorrectly when trying to break a flake off.

May I interest you in way too much info about projectile points?

Thank you! I’ll check that one out for sure

Do you ever feel like stone tools fell out of fashion too early? It seems to me that most cooking and eating tools could be stone instead of plastic or metal. After throwing out a lot of teflon pans and easily broken plastic cups, it makes me think such things.

Are there any stone tools you think should be picked back up? I use a mortar and pestle instead of a food processor for instance.

I want to know about stone tools.

I want to make a house that will outlast me lol. This brick house I have is 50 years old and falling apart -_-

Heck, the glass could've changed hands multiple times as it traveled across Europe. Nothing says it went directly from the middle east to Scotland.

Roman concrete has longer drying time and lower strength but it is MUCH more durable. Roman concrete was still gaining strength for DECADEs after construction was completed.

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Yo, where can I read more about this? This is fascinating.

Thank you! I'm a former horticulturist who writes gardening books, so this is kind of garden-variety knowledge for me. :D

Or a Timelord punching a diamond wall.

Halfdan, you cheeky bugger!

If Roman coins can end up being traded as far as Japan, then I’d suggest that a beautiful glass or even beautiful glass fragments could end up from the Middle East into Scotland.

Actually he had great craic in the pub.

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This raises a whole different story on its use and destruction. You have to answer how the pestle with the poison ended up in the chalice in the palace.

That's a the awesome part about archaeology. There is always someone who knows way too much about a material or item used in the past. It's also why my wife never asks me about stone tools but thats whatever haha

Europe and especially the UK seem to have a lot of specific stones or bricks with long and storied histories. If Sir Saint Turbilops' Parapet Keystone gets visits still because it used to be his toilet seat on campaigns, of course we should find out more about this glass