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This AFRICAN CAPSIAN NEOLITHIC artifact was found on an exposed northwest African Neolithic site in the Sahara Desert. It was fashioned by ancient man (Homo sapiens sapiens) between 10,000 and 4,700 years ago.
Thousands of years ago, a Capsian Neolithic human found this fossil sea urchin echinoid and was so intrigued, it was drilled and made into a pendant bead. No telling what was going through their mind as to its origin. Was it a gift from the gods? Was it a stone with magical properties? This fossil echinoid is complete with all the preserved details to indicate this is NOT an ordinary stone. It was drilled in the Neolithic Period and worn as a primary pendant. In 22 years of EXTENSIVE travels abroad and to the Sahara, we have never encountered a Capsian Neolithic bead made from a fossil sea urchin. It is so rare that even in Dr. Eckhard Klenkler's Sahara Artifact pictorial books 1 and 2, not a single one is shown.
This pendant is complete as originally made with all the important traits of age and authenticity - intact mineral deposits deep in microscopic crevices.
This is a classic artifact of African Capsian Neolithic body adornment and ornamentation. Beads and pendants were part of the main personal decoration of a Neolithic man or woman over 5000 years ago in Africa. Completely durable and safe to wear for another 5000 years! Archaeological sites of the African Neolithic yield some jewelry items and give us a glimpse of what body ornamentation and personal adornment looked like back in this period long ago. Beads, lip plugs and bracelets are sometimes found. Tools and weapons were an item of necessity but body jewelry reveals to us another side of the mind of primitive and ancient Man that the other artifacts do not give us. Perfect to display alongside similar period tools and weapons to illustrate the larger picture of life in this time!
