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https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/16/neolithic-necklace-redefine-culture/
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9,000-Year-Old Necklace Redefines Neolithic Culture
. . .
I'm not sure if it "re-defines" neolithic culture, but
it IS a complicated bit of adornment. It has about 2500
'beads' of various colorful materials - all micro-drilled
so they could be put on strings.
Yea, yea ... easy with plastic, these days .......
This piece is from the pre-dawn of civilization as
we know it. About 3000 years after the Gobekli Tepe
megalithic temple, but still before what we'd call
"cities" (which meant maybe 2500 people back when
the Akkadians got started).
The micro-drilling is surprising and how MANY bits
had to be drilled is extremely impressive. Somebody,
or a several somebodies, likely put a YEAR into this.
It was apparently found on a boy - who must have
been very very important ... a 'prince' or major
religious figure perhaps.
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