Object type
necklace
Culture/period
Prehistory
Materials
variscite
Technique
handmade
Mint
Production date
-4200 / -3200
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Bóbila de Can Torrens. Sepulcre III.
Township
Montornès del Valles (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Vallès Oriental)
Dimensions
480 x 11mm
Description
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Necklace with variscite beads. They are barrel-shaped and three are discoidal, and were associated with a skeleton as grave goods. Variscite is a pale green mineral used during the Middle Neolithic to make various types of ornaments and whose origin is most likely the Gavà prehistoric mines which were worked for centuries. Can Torrents is a brickyard where three pit tombs were documented. The variscite necklace was acquired by the Museum of Archeology between 1940 and 1941 from an employee of the brickyard who found it.
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID
2586