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= 3,000-year-old shipwreck shows European trade was thriving in Bronze Age =



A shipwreck was found in the off the coast of Devon near Salcombe. It was dated back to 9000B.C. The find that linked the ship with the bronze age trading system was the copper artifacts. 259 copper ingots found in the ship wreck along with 27 tin ingots, a bronze sword and three gold wrist bracelets, known as torcs. The artifacts show definite communications and trade, these people were trading as we would these days.Ben Roberts, A British Museum Bronze Age expert, told the Sunday Telegraph: ''It is an incredibly exciting find. What we have here is really, really good evidence of trade. We don't get many shipwreck sites.The copper and tin aboard this vessel would have been used to make bronze products such as weapon, tools, jewelery, ornaments and other items.Researchers think the copper would have come from the Iberian peninsular in Alpine Europe which is now modern Switzerland.

citation:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/archeology/7238663/3000-year-old-shipwreck-shows-European-trade-was-thriving-in-Bronze-Age.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/archeology/7228108/Bronze-Age-shipwreck-found-off-Devon-coast.html