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ootber *» toond in so-called bluc-carth. which lies the closcst to the sur-dhepih cl aevrrai metrem) on the Sambian Pcninsula where this maicna rxtracted lor on er 1 OO years < Lukashina, Karin 1999). “Bluc-canh" is thej epo^it fcnown geologically. which was casily accessible for pre-W*. could be rcached by means of very simple mining techniquc&] sfaeict front bli»e-carth" was also found on the Baltic beachcs.

I Jt. SECONDARY OUATERNARY BERS

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ivfCy or the glacier. which transformed surface feałurcs in Central and btought radica) c han ges in amber outerop distribution. En tire tores were transported long distances logether with wholc their mełuduts amber. Therefore we may say. that amber is present in various] of mtetiMty in the w boler post-glacial part of* Europę (Kosmowska-Cen-I 1 9K3 ). However. t herc is ono basie di fYerencc between the Tertiary dcpo-1 | che Quatemary outerops. The amber present in post-glacial layers wasi subfoct to processes of long lasting transportation, which — considering its fragility and high oxidizability — evidcntly influenced quality of that ma- i Morcxrver. as regards quantity, it fai Is to equal the 'Tertiary cierposits. Since,] l_ the post-glacial processes consisted on dragging and scattering I of the Tcrttary deposits over vast areas of* our contincnt.

2. THE BEGITMNINGS OF “AMBER BOOM” IN PREHISTORY

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ia mm unlikely. that glacier activity served as one of the factors that con-

of interest in amber in a wider spatial scalę. This ma-contcxts comparatively early. i .c. in the Palaeolithic. mor, in a broader geographical scalę it is rather an incidental phenomenon. afenuld not be suiprising. considering the charactcr of the available sourccs ‘    insignificant and ephemera 1. On the other band, they j

Mtain “cultural hunger” for that unusual and mystenous I may say. that the idea of* amber was present in the j '    *    -*—    Agc. Noncthclcss. it was not

to adequate cjuantitics of that i

■IBcient to awak<

dwt bumed” Thus wel

early as in the Stońi ■Mty io deveiop.    to <Ji fTicull

ircfbre m the 3*** millennium I3CT amber was constantly present only m urn i w Im n the accrn to it ■was the easiest, i.e. on the Baltic coast (M»-^ I «#g 3 [    ( lear traces of amber

of Etn opean s

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refbre in «be 3—

^____ ling. in a form of amber workshops,

czarty as from the Mesolithic period. They arc continucd laier,

H niber still remaincd a local materia! until the decline of the 4

________________ __ird millennium thut its cul-j