Looking for copper ores in the southern central Alps.

The Author discusses the evidence of copper ore winning and smelting in Lombardy during the late Bronze/early Iron Ages and observes that far more copper ore reduction sites than copper deposits are known. Then, using Valsassina (Lecco) as an example shows that in an area in theory void of copper ores there are micro sources of copper ores, which could have interested prehistoric miners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]