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The Later History of Icenian Electrum Torcs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2014

P. R. Sealey
P. R. Sealey
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Colchester and Essex Museum, Colchester
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Torcs made from the gold/silver alloy known as electrum are among the most striking features of British Iron Age craftsmanship; yet despite the interest they generate, little effort has been directed towards unravelling the problems of their development. This paper seeks to correct this neglect by considering the reasons for the decline of electrum torc art, with particular reference to those found in East Anglia.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 45 , December 1979 , pp. 165 - 178
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1979

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