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Pre-historic Europeans used bronze objects as currency: study – Yahoo News Australia
Central Europeans of the Bronze Age used bronze rings, ribs and axe blades that were roughly standardized in their shape and weight as an early form of…
Central Europeans of the Bronze Age used bronze rings, ribs and axe blades that were roughly standardized in their shape and weight as an early form of “euros,” according to a new study.
The paper by researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands appeared in the journal PLOS ONE on Wednesday.
Money is a defining aspect of modern life, and standardization of currency is one of its key features.
But since ancient people lacked precise forms of measurement, archaeologists had disagreed about whether…
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