The early Italians worked in crude gold and created clasps, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. They also produced larger pendants that could possibly be full of perfume. The Greeks started using gold and gems in jewelry in 1600 BC, though beads shaped as shells and animals were produced extensively in earlier occasions. Around 1500 BC, the main methods of working gold in Greece included casting, twisting bars, and making wire. Many of these sophisticated methods have been in style in the Mycenaean interval, but unfortunately this ability was lost on the end of the Bronze Age.

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