The earliest Baltic amber in Western Europe.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
31 08 2023
31 08 2023
Historique:
received:
02
07
2023
accepted:
24
08
2023
medline:
4
9
2023
pubmed:
1
9
2023
entrez:
31
8
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The occurrence of Baltic amber through Europe has traditionally been associated to the spread of the Bell Beaker culture during the 3rd millennium BC. In Iberia, this phenomenon is particularly noticeable in the southern half. Here we present an amber bead recovered in a Late Neolithic funerary cave (3634-3363 cal BC) from northeastern Iberia where more than 12 individuals had been buried. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results of four samples revealed their complete resemblance with Baltic succinite reference spectra. Despite being a single bead, this finding provides the earliest evidence for the arrival of Baltic amber to the Mediterranean and Western Europe, before the Bell Beaker phenomenon and more than a millennium earlier than traditionally thought. This finding has implications for our understanding of early exchange networks of exotic materials, and their associated social structures.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37653106
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-41293-0
pii: 10.1038/s41598-023-41293-0
pmc: PMC10471576
doi:
Substances chimiques
Amber
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
14250Informations de copyright
© 2023. Springer Nature Limited.
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