Psst... wanna buy a necklace? Humans have been faking jewellery for thousands of years
- Written by Michelle Langley, ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Griffith University
Amber held high value in past human cultures, and it may have been lucrative to create fake beads for trade. from www.shutterstock.com
Making fake jewels isn’t a modern phenomenon – it’s a human behaviour that dates back thousands of years.
New research published today suggests that traders 2,000 years ago were producing imitation...
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