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A research team has found a copper band that indicates ancient Native Americans engaged in extensive trade networks spanning far greater distances than what has been previously thought. Continue reading “Native Americans 3,500 years ago were engaged in extensive trade networks (spanning more than 1,500 km) and across various regions”
In this post we present extended parts of the very interesting and informative paper titled “The Mycenaeans and Europe: Long-distance networks and cross-cultural communication“, by Paulina Suchowska-Ducke. Continue reading “Myceneans and Europe; Trade networks and cross-cultural communication”
In this post we present selected parts of the very informative paper titled “A Compositional Study (pXRF) of Early Holocene Obsidian Assemblages from Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean“, by Theodora Moutsiou Continue reading “Obsidian findings from Cyprus suggest the existence of Neolithic (land and sea) trade networks”
Here we present selected parts of the very informative paper titled “The Importation of Byzantine and Sasanian Glass into China during the fourth to sixth centuries“, by Mei-Ling Chen. Continue reading “Early Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) glassware imports in China”
Spectacular green glass rods dug up in the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten and glass beads found in graves in Scandinavia, northern Germany and Romania, all originated in Mesopotamia, a new study has proven. The advanced analysis of the glass brings further proof to the existence of a vast trading system 3400 years ago, in which precious metals, amber and glass were exchanged. Continue reading “Trading Route From Mesopotamia to Scandinavia during the Bronze Age”
Amber and other unusual materials such as jade, obsidian and rock crystal have attracted interest as raw materials for the manufacture of decorative items since Late Prehistory and, indeed, amber retains a high value in present-day jewellery. Continue reading “Sicilian amber found in Iberia indicates 4th millenium BC Mediterranean Trade”
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