LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD? GOLD BEECH-NUT PENDANTS FOUND IN THE EARLY IRON AGE CHINA AND THE EURASIAN STEPPE
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2021

The gold technology in Northwest China underwent an important development during the early Iron Age, following the arrival of new technological skills from the central Asian steppes. These developments included the use of granulation, filigree, and sheet metal, working with mould or matrix. This paper presents a microanalytical study of an array of gold pendants excavated from the burial site at Dongtalede (9th-7th century BCE) in the Altai region of Xinjiang. It opens up new perspectives for ex