“…Greenwell (1820-1918) (see Graves, 2005;Murray, 2005) In this paper, I present the results of metalwork wear-analysis carried out on these axes in the British Museum stores. Metalwork wear-analysis is a developing field of archaeological science that allows practitioners to consider how objects were made and used by examining microscopic traces left on the surface of the objects (see Dolfini and Crellin, 2016). The technique has its foundations in the work of Semenov (1964) and was later developed first for the study of axes (Kienlin and Ottaway, 1998; Roberts and Ottaway, 2003) though in recent years it has been more frequently used to study bronze weapons (see for example, Anderson, 2011;Bridgford, 1997;2000;Gutiérrez-Sáez et al, 2010;2014;Horn, 2013;2014;Kristiansen, 2002;Mödlinger, 2011;Molloy, 2007;2009;2010;O'Flaherty, 2007a;2007b;O'Flaherty et al, 2011;Uckelmann, 2011;Wall, 1987;York, 2002).…”