31. Excavations in recent years have unearthed settlements from the early Bronze Age at Ayasuluk Hill. 32. The last period of the Early Bronze Age produced a broad range of bronz e ). 33. The Avellino Eruption separates archaeologically the Early Bronze Age in Campania from the Middle Bronze Age 34. Since the Early Bronze Age , the process was used to obtain silver from smelted lead ores. 35. Pottery was also found suggested to date to the Early Bronze Age and Middle Bronze Age. 36. The Ordosian culture was followed by the Zhukaigou culture of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age . 37. A polished black vessel of the Early Bronze Age was discovered during archaeological excavations in the area. 38. The Early Bronze Age starts in Anatolia at least with the beginning of the 3rd Millennium cal. 39. Pollen analysis shows that widespread clearance of the beech forests took place in the early Bronze Age . 40. They were then inferred to be tombs belonging to the Late Stone Age and Early Bronze Age .