Around her neck was an impressive string of mollusk shell beads crowned with a spondylus, or spiny oyster, shell. Her head was also bound, another indicator of wealth and status. Whether the newer ...

Here, we show the combination of GO and chitosan (CTS) into inorganic–organic heterocomposites as ∼3 mm diameter core–shell beads with controlled microstructure. The spherical GO-CTS beads, made by a ...

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More than 270,000 delicate shell beads recovered from the nearly 5,000-year-old "Ivory Lady" tomb in Spain represent the largest collection of beads ever found in the world, according to ...

As part of the study, García Sanjuán’s coauthor Samuel Ramirez-Cruzado, of the University of Seville, attempted to make beads using the same types of shell and tools available during that period.

VIRUDHUNAGAR: Glass beads and shell bangles were unearthed by archaeologists during the third phase of the Vembakottai excavation. So far, 2,860 antiquities and artefacts have been unearthed ...

At the entrance to the Manot Cave, researchers uncovered a “rich layer” from this period including “flint tools, bone and antler implements and shell beads,” the researchers said.

Ornaments include marine shell beads and ostrich eggshell beads, directly dated to ∼42,000 BP. A digging stick, dated to ∼39,000 BP, is made of Flueggea virosa. A wooden poison applicator, dated to∼24 ...

Traditionally, heishi beads were made from shell or stone, but modern versions are made from vinyl, resin, or, most popularly, polymer clay, which gives us a much wider range of colours and designs.