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Neanderthal ornament

-34000

Museum of Human Evolution

Museum of Human Evolution
Burgos, Spain

Common name: Neanderthal necklace.
Technical name: Reproduction of an ornament made of fox teeth.
Chronology: 34,000 BP. Middle-Upper Palaeolithic.
Site: Grotte du Renne, Langeais. France.
Description: Decorative object composed of fox teeth and hyoid bones. It is part of a moment of conviviality between Neanderthals and Sapiens.

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  • Title: Neanderthal ornament
  • Date created: -34000
  • Location: Grotte du Renne, Langeais. France
Museum of Human Evolution

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