shell bead

MAC GIR-014797-014809

Object type shell bead

Culture/period

Materials glycimeris

Technique carving, polishing

Mint

Production date -3500 / -2200

Museum Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona

Current location MASPG

Archaeological site Llampaies

Township Saus (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Alt Empordà)

Dimensions 35 x 20, 5 x 5,5 mm

Description

Necklace restored from 14 beads of Glycymeris shells from a collective grave located in Llampaies (Saus, Camallera and Llampaies, Alt Empordà) dated in the recent Chalcolithic-early Bronze Age (2700-1850 BC). The necklace is the only item preserved from the grave goods in this collective grave.

Omeka ID 3200