Strand of bone beads (3100–2500 BCE) part of the finds from Skara Brae, Orkney, Scotland. Restrung, the strand is formed of 72 flat bone beads and measures 9.3cm. Source and Photo : Trustees of the British Museum, Accession Number 1938,0101.62
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University of Wyoming archaeology Professor Todd Surovell and his team of collaborators have discovered a tube-shaped bead made of bone that is about 12,940 years old. The bead, found at the La Prele Mammoth site in Converse County, is the oldest known bead in the Americas.
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-archaeologists-oldest-bead-americas.html
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University of Wyoming archaeology Professor Todd Surovell and his team of collaborators have discovered a tube-shaped bead made of bone that is about 12,940 years old. The bead, found at the La Prele Mammoth site in Converse County, is the oldest known bead in the Americas.
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