Prehistoric Gold Trade Route Discovered

Saturday, June 6, 2015 - 12:40 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Archaeologists have found evidence of an ancient gold trade route between the south-west of the UK and Ireland, which would mean people were trading gold between the two countries as far back as the early Bronze Age, 2500 B.C.The finding was made after measuring the chemical composition of early gold artifacts in Ireland and discovering that the objects were actually made from imported gold, rather than Irish. The gold is most likely to have come from Cornwall, which means the symbiotic link between Ireland and England is even farther back then believed.Lunula and discs. Credit National Museum of Ireland read more

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