Fig. 12

Map showing the geographical distribution of gold artifacts with granulation from different archaeological sites across the Eurasia, the 1st millennium BCE. a Large parade fibula, 670-650BCE, Vatican Museum b gold earrings with disk and boat-shaped pendant, 300BCE, Metropolitan Museum of art; c phoenician gold diadem, Tharros, 7th-6th century BC, British Museum; d ring, Dongtalud Cemetery of Haba River County, Xinjiang, the Spring and Autumn Period, Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology; e gold ornaments decorated with granulation, Arzhan II royal cemetery in Tuva, 7th century BC. f ear rings, Aluchaideng, Inner Mongolia, late Warring State Period; g earrings, Majiayuan cemetery in Gansu, the Warring states Period, Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology