Bead
This Neolithic broken bead comes from the site of Hembury in Devon. As it has been broken, it’s possible to see the hole drilled through to allow it to be strung as a necklace. Beads are a common Neolithic artefact and could be made from stone, bones or even teeth.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 129/1933/B2
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Liddell, Dorothy M
- Material
- shale, Kimmeridge
- Common Name
- bead
- Simple Name
- bead
- Period Classification
- Neolithic (4000-2200 BC)
