In Prehistoric Gold in Europe, a group of leading European geoscientists, metallurgists and archaeologists discuss the techniques of gold mining and metallurgy, the socioeconomic importance of gold as coinage and a symbol of wealth and ...

This book is essential reading for anyone interested in economic history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.