Provenancing exotic raw materials and reconstructing the nature and routes of exchange is
a major concern of prehistoric archaeology. Amber has long been recognised as a key …

The Bronze Age was the first epoch in which societies became irreversibly linked in their co-
dependence on ores and metallurgical skills that were unevenly distributed in geographical …

Establishing the age at which prehistoric individuals move away from their childhood
residential location holds crucial information about the socio dynamics and mobility patterns …

Abstract The Early Nordic Bronze Age oak coffin burials include some of Europe's best
preserved human remains. Although traditional typological examinations thereof have not …

While early Bronze Age centers of Civilization, Mesopotamia and Egypt, were highly
productive and therefore could sustain urban populations, they lacked metals needed in the …

Who are the English? Their language and culture have had an impact on the modern world
out of all proportion to the size of their homeland. But what do we really understand about …

Bronze Age trade networks across Europe and the Mediterranean are well documented;
Baltic amber and bronze metalwork were particularly valued commodities. Here it is argued …

This book reconsiders how we can understand archaeology on a grand scale by
abandoning the claims that material remains stand for the people and institutions that …

The article is a historiographical exposé on lifelong scientific dialogues between Klavs
Randsborg and the author that have shaped the current understanding of Nordic Bronze …

Under the large ziggurat of Aššur, Iraq, two Baltic amber beads were found in a foundation
deposit dating to c. 1800–1750 bc. Thereby, they represent one of the earliest and remotest …