Object type
necklace
Culture/period
Prehistory
Materials
sea shells
Technique
Mint
Production date
-25000 / -20000
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Reclau Viver
Township
Serinyà (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Pla de l'Estany)
Dimensions
400 x 8 mm
Description
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Necklace made with the shells of Homalopoma sanguineum, a small Mediterranean gastropod. This species was used as an ornament throughout the Upper Paleolithic in Europe. At Reclau Vivar it was often used during the glacial maximum (Solutrean). 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...
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID
2616