Which outcome resulted from cyclical tin depletion in late Bronze Age metallurgy?

💡 Explanation

When tin became scarce, smiths adapted by alloying copper with arsenic because readily available arsenopyrite provided arsenic, changing the material properties. Therefore arsenical bronze adoption resulted, rather than reversion to iron (requiring different furnaces), tin trade collapse (new sources always sought), or lost-wax simplification (method independent of alloy composition).

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