Bead

These images are of a tube-shaped bead made of bone that is about 12,940 years old. The bead was discovered at Wyoming’s La Prele Mammoth site by University of Wyoming archaeology Professor Todd Surovell and his research team. Credit: Todd SurovellProfessor Todd Surovell, an archaeologist at the University of Wyoming, along with his research team, uncovered a bone bead shaped like a tube, which is approximately 12,940 years old. This artifact, discovered at the La Prele Mammoth site in Converse County, represents the…

Really old artifacts are always fascinating, acting almost like time machines in the way that they let us peer back through hundreds or even thousands of years of history – and archaeologists have just discovered a tube-shaped bead in Wyoming that is thought to be some 12,940 years old.The bead is the oldest ever found in the Western hemisphere: it's just 7 millimeters (0.28 inches) long and 2.9 mm (0.11 inches) in diameter. According to the team that identified it, it has a lot to tell us about personal ornamentation in…

These images are of a tube-shaped bead made of bone that is about 12,940 years old. The bead was discovered at Wyoming's La Prele Mammoth site by University of Wyoming archaeology Professor Todd Surovell and his research team. Credit: Todd Surovell University of Wyoming archaeology Professor Todd Surovell and his team of collaborators have discovered a tube-shaped bead made of bone that is about 12,940 years old. The bead,…

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