[gothic-l] Re: Baltic Amber

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "James Young" <daddio52 at s...> wrote:
> As early as the Agustus era a merchant was sent to the Baltic to
make
> purchases of Amber He reported back that there was a sophisticated
> wholesale system established on the coast. Could this have been
> controlled by the Goths?



Hi James,

I think this is unlikely. Firstly, the really big amber deposits are
found at the Samland coast of the former German province of East
Prussia, which was outside Gothic settelment areas. Note, the Gotones
did not live at the coast itself, as suggested by Tacitus, but lived
further south inlands. Secondly, amber is rare among Gothic/Gothonic
grave deposits, suggesting that they had no direct access to it.
Instead, amber objects are a frequently found in the graves of the
Baltic people who lived at the Baltic sea coast just north of the
Gotones.

Cheers
Dirk



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