Jewelry made from stone excavated from a grave at Boncuklu Tarla in southern Turkey has revealed insights into the skills and demand for jewelry-making among ancient humans, archaeologists have reported.
Stone Jewelry.
The personal items of jewelry – including earring beads and bracelets – have been dated to the middle or late Stone Age of humanity in the Asian region, approximately 12,000 years ago.
Researchers have stated that this is the first time ancient jewelry pieces from the Stone Age have been found in Southwest Asia, with direct evidence related to human jewelry artifacts.
Other artifacts from even earlier periods of the Stone Age have been found, but their functions were only speculative. “This indicates that burial customs accompanied by items have been practiced since the Late Stone Age,” noted Dusan Boric, an associate professor at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Boncuklu Tarla is a famous site in Turkey, with numerous artifacts dating back to approximately 10,300 to 7,100 BC. Currently, the entire local population has been evacuated to facilitate the excavation process.
