Title:
Human bones used for making pendants in the Stone Age
By:
Kristiina Mannermaa
Associate Professor, Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki
Published:
University of Helsinki, 4 July 2022
From the article:
In the Stone Age, pendants with potent symbolism were made from animal teeth and bones, adorning clothes or accessories and serving as rattles. Human bones were also used as a raw material for pendants, as demonstrated by a study where burial finds dating back over 8,200 years were re-examined after 80 years.