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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2614
Abric Romaní
Prehistory

Cypraea necklace

MAC BCN-023146

Object type
necklace
Production date
-36000 / -32000
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Culture
Prehistory
Discovery location
Abric Romaní
Materials
cypraea
Township
Capellades (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Anoia)
Technique
-
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
250 x 15 mm
Description
Necklace made with the marine gastropod Cypraea sp . At one end an opening was made with the sawing technique to suspend the beads, either threaded together or on clothing. These ornaments reflect the cultural traditions of the first groups of anatomically modern humans to reach Europe. Objects of ornament, as symbolic elements, must have expressed messages understood by other members of the group and could possibly indicate social status, prestige, age, belonging to a group...

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