Intriguing Hoard Of Bronze Age Bracelets From Brittany, France Remains An Archaeological Puzzle

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Three metal deposits were extracted by a detectorist inside the site, dated to the Middle Bronze Age 2 (1450- 1300 BC) at Kerouarn, Prat, in northern Brittany.

Credits: GPLA Arc’Antique / M. Nordez

The ornament hoards dated to to the Middle Bronze Age are composed exclusively of copper-based alloy ornaments. At the site, the archaeologists found a 26m-wide semi-circular area with two curved ditches, separated from each other by a huge entrance.

Pottery analysis and a radiocarbon dating indicates that the ditches and hoards were contemporary.

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