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The collection of small amber beads, for example, that were found with the cape, must have come from the Baltic-hundreds of miles away from Mold.
與披肩一起出土的號拍珠便來自距莫爾德千里之遙的波羅的海。
By studying these precious objects-gold, amber, and above all bronze-we can track a web of trade and exchange that reaches from North Wales to Scandinavia, and even to the Mediterranean.
通過研究這些貴重的黃金、琥珀與青銅，我們能追尋到一個從北威爾士到斯堪的納維亞，甚至遠至地中海的貿易與交換網絡。我們甚至能定位各種物品的原產地。
The Mold Cape was buried only a matter of miles away from the largest Bronze Age copper mine in northwest Europe, the Great Orme.
莫爾德披肩的出土地離青銅時代歐洲西北部最大的銅礦大奧姆山較近。
The copper from here, and the tin from Cornwall, would have provided the ingredients for the vast majority of British bronze objects.
來自此地的銅與來自康沃爾的錫為當時英國絕大部分的青銅制品提供了主要原料。
The peak of activity at the Great Orme mine has been dated between 1900 and 1600 BC.
大奧姆銅礦開釆的巔峰期應為公元 前一千九百年至公元前一千六百年。
Recent analysis of the gold-working techniques, and the decorative style of the cape, dates the burial to this very period.
通過對黃金加工技術及披肩裝飾風格的分析,我們確定這一墓葬也屬于同一時期。
So we can only guess, but it's likely that the wearers of this extraordinary object were linked to the mine, which would have been a source of great wealth, and a major trading centre for the whole of north-west Europe.
因此，盡管我們只能猜測，但這件披肩的主人很可能與大奧姆銅礦有某種關聯，因為銅礦會帶來巨大的財富，同時，那里也是整個歐洲西北部的一個大型貿易中心。
But was the gold for the cape also traded from far away? Here's Dr Mary Cahill, from the National Museum of Ireland:
但用來制作披肩的黃金，是否也是從別的地方交易而來的昵？愛爾蘭國家博物館的瑪麗卡希爾博士說：
"It has been a huge question-where did the gold come from?
黃金從何而來？這是個重大問題。
We have learned a great deal about where the early copper sources are, but the nature of gold-especially if it's coming from rivers and streams, and because the early workings can literally be washed away in one flood, for example-it means that it's very, very hard to identify the sites.
我們對早期的銅礦來源巳有 不少了解，但黃金的產地卻很難追尋，尤其是黃金多為出自河流的沙金，早期的開采痕跡極易被洪水沖洗干凈。
