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Jewellery is one of the oldest types of archaeological artefact – with 100,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells thought to be the oldest known jewellery. [1] The basic forms of jewellery vary between cultures but are often extremely long-lived; in European cultures the most common forms of jewellery listed above have persisted since ...
Most ancient jewellery is of bone, ivory, antler or some soft stone (such as limestone or lignite). The diversity and manufacture of these pieces, then, indicates a significant development in human evolution, especially as it comes in such various forms (hairbands, placed in clothing, bracelets, anklets, and so forth).
Ancient Egyptian flint Bracelet (MET 23.2.14 EGDP011486) Flint jewelry was known in the prehistoric, protodynastic, and early dynastic periods of ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptians skillfully made bracelets [1] [2] and armlets [3] [4] out of flint. The flint came from locations that include Giza and Upper Egypt. [5]
The Usekh or Wesekh is a personal ornament, a type of broad collar or necklace, familiar to many because of its presence in images of the ancient Egyptian elite. Deities, women, and men were depicted wearing this jewelry. One example can be seen on the famous gold mask of Tutankhamun.
The jewels moved from a primitive, non-standard form towards more polished and uniform form in this period. [9] The technology to cut large gemstones and polish jewels notably advanced in the Yayoi period. [10] Refined materials such as jadeite, serpentinite, and glass replaced the less sophisticated materials of the Jōmon period. [2]
Western Asia has very little tin ore; the few sources that have recently been found are too insignificant to have played a major role during most of ancient history. [4] However, it is possible that they were exploited at the start of the Bronze Age and are responsible for the development of early bronze manufacturing technology.
The mixture of the two cultures in terms of the background of the artists, the origin of the forms and styles, and the possible history of the objects, gives rise to complex questions. [14] Many art historians feel that the Greek and Scythian styles were too far apart for works in a hybrid style to be as successful as those firmly in one style ...
Yingluo (simplified Chinese: 璎珞; traditional Chinese: 瓔珞; also written as 缨络; 纓絡; from the word keyūra in Sanskrit which was transliterated into jiyouluo (积由罗) in China) is a ring-shaped neck ornament or fashion jewellery of Buddhist origins in ancient China with its earliest prototypes having roots in ancient India.