How advanced was metallurgy in the chalcolithic before bronze was discovered?

by nikstick22

There's a lot of evidence for armour, weapons, tools and other such objects made in bronze, and from what I can find, some simple tools made from copper before copper alloys were discovered. Obviously copper is much weaker than bronze, but I wonder how advanced metalworking got before copper became obsolete. Was there copper armour? Copper arrows? What did it look like stylistically? How complex was it? Any information would be great :)

no1_vern

I think you might have better luck in /r/archaeology, /r/Anthropology