soapstone necklace

MAC GIR-041481
Object type soapstone necklace
Culture/period
Materials soapstone
Technique carving, polishing
Mint
Production date -3500 / -2200
Current location MASPG
Archaeological site Dolmen de Puig Roig o Cementiri dels Moros
Township Torrent (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Baix Empordà)
Dimensions 240 x 18 x 6 (Ø màx.) x 1,5 ( Ø mìn. ) mm
Description
Soapstone necklace recreated with some of the 669 beads that appeared in the dolmen of Puig Roig, also called the Moors Cemetery (Torrent, Baix Empordà), dated in the late Neolithic-Chalcolithic, between 3300-2200 BC. The Moors Cemetery is a passage covered with mound, a collective grave that contained between 100 and 130 bodies, which has yielded the most abundant archaeological materials associated with a megalith in the Girona region.
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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Omeka ID 3226