Fragment of a Bracelet

Earliest Agricultural and Stock-Rearing Societies

Ornaments, whether for the body or for dressing, werw easthical elements which also contributed to the transmission of social and symbolic values, such as the age, lineage, and tribe. The most representative elements are neclace beaads, bones and a wide range os seashells. Among the latter, dog cokle shells werw used to make bracelets, which can also be foud in stone (marble, limestone, slate).

Proof of the making process has been found in Cabecicos Negros (Vera) and Cerro Almanzora (Cantoria). Fragment of the third part of a wristlest realized in limestone in color beige yellowish of circular form and transverse quadrangular section with the external bevelled edges. The surfaces turn out to be polished in its entirely.

Material: Beige limestone
Dimensions: Width 6,20 cm; Thickness 0,90 cm
Provenance: Cueva del Castillico, Cóbdar (Almería)