Sicilian amber in Western Europe pre-dates arrival of Baltic amber by at least 2,000 years
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 14:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Amber from Sicily arrived in Iberia as early as the 4th Millennium BC, some 2,000 years before the appearance of Baltic amber to the peninsula. New study also suggests that Baltic amber reached Iberia via the Mediterranean not via direct trade with the North.