About 2000 pieces of twisted gold wire were found in the region of Bouslainn (Denmark).
Spirals are made of solid wire, the length of each piece is about 3 cm, and the weight – 300 g. The age of the spirals helped to determine the gilded clothes pins found near them.
The purpose of this unusual find is still unclear. Scientists suggest that the spirals could be part of the ceremonial clothing of the ruler, indicating the status of the person, used as jewelry or for beauty woven into the hair. Employees of the National Museum of Denmark also assumed that spirals could be used as accessories for a hat or umbrella. However, most scholars agree that such things could have belonged to a very noble person or the king himself.
Interestingly, such small artifacts have not been found on excavations in the northern part of Europe before – until recently, such finds were typical for the south of Europe. For example, during the excavations of Troy in Heinrich Schliemann’s expedition about 10 thousand small jewelry were found, and among them there were also small spirals of gold wire.
Note that the mysterious spirals are not the first gold find in this region. Earlier, archaeologists found actually in the same place gold bracelets, and in the XIX century, local residents found there perfectly preserved gold plates. According to scientists, this place has become the richest in Northern Europe in terms of the total mass of gold from the Bronze Age.