Archaeologists believe sets of fake amber beads discovered at Spanish burial sites are the first known examples of faked jewelry in European prehistory. For the study published in the journal PLOS One ...

Ancient artisans created imitation amber beads to meet demand for the precious resin in regions where it was scarce, archaeologists propose 1. For much of human history, amber was a prized commodity ...

Images showing the resin coating layer and the radial ribs of the core of the shell of the beads (yellow arrows) Credit: Carlos P. Odriozola et al. Researchers have revealed that the prehistoric ...

SEVILLE, SPAIN—Carlos Odriozola of the University of Seville and his colleagues analyzed six beads recovered from prehistoric high-status graves—two found in a 5,000-year-old cave tomb known as La ...