The road to Scandinavia's bronze age: Trade routes, metal provenance, and mixing

School of Culture and Society - Department of Archeology and Heritage Studies

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The geographic origins of the metals in Scandinavian mixed-metal artifacts reveal a crucial dependency on British and continental European trading sources during the beginnings of the Nordic Bronze Age.

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New study published July 24, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Heide W. Nørgaard from Aarhus University, Denmark, and colleagues.

Period	29 Jul 2019

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Title	Nyt studie afslører, hvordan bronzealderen kunne opstå i metalfattige Danmark
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	Videnskab.dk
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	Denmark
Date	29/07/2019
Producer/Author	Asbjørn Mølgaard Sørensen
URL	https://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/nyt-studie-afsloerer-hvordan-bronzealderen-kunne-opstaa-i-det-metalfattige-danmark
Persons	Heide Wrobel Nørgaard, Helle Vandkilde, Ernst Pernicka

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The road to Scandinavia's bronze age: Trade routes, metal provenance, and mixing

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