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Around 1,500 gold objects dating to the Bronze Age survive in collections, around 1000 of them from Ireland and the other 500 from Britain; this is a much smaller number than would have been originally crafted, leading archaeologists to believe that "many thousands of gold objects were made and used" in the Bronze Age British Isles. [1]
The Bronze Age (c. 3300 – c. 1200 BC) was a ... wood and imported Central European bronze and gold. Many rock carvings depict ships, and the large stone burial ...
The Eberswalde Hoard or Treasure of Eberswalde (German: Eberswalder Goldschatz or Goldfund von Eberswalde) is a Bronze Age hoard of 81 gold objects with a total weight of 2.59 kg (83 ozt). [1] The largest prehistoric assembly of gold objects ever found in Germany , it is considered to be one of the most important finds from the Central European ...
Bronze Age Britain is an era of British history that spanned from c. 2500–2000 BC until c. 800 BC. [1] Lasting for approximately 1,700 years, it was preceded by the era of Neolithic Britain and was in turn followed by the period of Iron Age Britain .
The Caergwrle Bowl is a unique object dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1300 BC, originally manufactured from shale, tin and gold, and found in Caergwrle, Flintshire, north east Wales. [1] It is thought to represent a boat, with its applied gold decoration signifying oars and waves, and either sun discs or circular shields. [2]
The Ringlemere Gold Cup is a Bronze Age vessel found in the Ringlemere barrow near Sandwich in the English county of Kent in 2001.Its discovery marked the beginning of research into and excavation of ring marks in the surrounding soil and what was later termed the Ringlemere Barrow.
The Avanton Gold Cone, Avanton Cone (French: Cône d'Or d'Avanton, Cône d'Avanton), or Avanton gold hat is a late Bronze Age artefact, belonging to the group of Golden hats, only four of which are known so far. The Avanton Cone was the second such object to be discovered (after the Golden Hat of Schifferstadt).
The Treasure of Villena (Spanish: Tesoro de Villena) is one of the greatest hoard finds of gold of the European Bronze Age. It comprises 59 objects made of gold, silver, iron and amber with a total weight of almost 10 kilograms, 9 of them of 23.5 karat gold. This makes it the most important find of prehistoric gold in the Iberian Peninsula and ...