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Ancient Silver Mine Shows Complexity of Past Mining Methods
Feb. 15, 2016 09:31AM PST
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New Historian reported that archaeologists conducting a subterranean investigation of a silver mine in Greece “have found a mining complex with infrastructure unlike any seen from this time period (around 3200 BCE).”
New Historian reported that archaeologists conducting a subterranean investigation of a silver mine in Greece “have found a mining complex with infrastructure unlike any seen from this time period (around 3200 BCE).”
As a result of the discovery, “[t]he current chronological history of mining in the Aegean world, specifically in the Attica region, may have just been profoundly rewritten.”
The market news also states:
The Greek mine is exceptional not only for its scope but for its layout as well, which is unlike any mining system existing in the area. The skill and physical abilities of the ancient miners to exploit the ore deposits and then to properly process the ore outside of the mine speaks not only to a deliberate strategy but to spatial and technological control over the entire process. Extracting the silver would have required an exceptional amount of resources and an advanced technical system of a scale unique in the ancient world.
Click here to read more about the discovery from New Historian.