What is it about?
The Carambolo Treasure is a key collection from the 1st Millennium BC and has been at the epicentre of the Phoenician presence in the west and the origin of the first great western civilization.
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Why is it important?
New chemical and isotopic data suggest a link with the gold of the preceding 3rd Millennium BC civilization, with itsmain political and economic hub at Valencina de la Concepcion, located just 2000m from the Carambolo itself.
Perspectives
This work provide an alternative interpretation of the Carambolo Treasure. Suggest that the origins of the gold may not be thousands of kilometres away, in the Atlantic or the Mediterranean, but rather in the same region.
Professor Francisco F. Nocete
Universidad de Huelva
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This page is a summary of: The gold of the Carambolo Treasure: New data on its origin by elemental (LA-ICP-MS) and lead isotope (MC-ICP-MS) analysis, Journal of Archaeological Science, April 2018, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2018.02.011.
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