Non-destructive characterization of bronze artefacts from archaeological finds of the 'Terramare' dwellings near Modena, Italy, was carried out by time-of-flight neutron scattering at the ISIS spallation neutron source of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK. This provides information on ancient metal technology and its development through the Bronze Age in that region. Six pieces from three different classes as to use and manufacture, from the Middle to Late Bronze Age, were investigated on the ROTAX and GEM beam lines at ISIS, providing a comparison between results from the two instruments. A comparison is also made with three axes of the same area of provenance (Emilia, Terramare culture) from the Early, Middle and Late Bronze Age respectively, analysed previously.