Posted on 06/30/2012 6:07:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The world's oldest purse may have been found in Germany -- and its owner apparently had a sharp sense of Stone Age style.
Excavators at a site near Leipzig (map) uncovered more than a hundred dog teeth arranged close together in a grave dated to between 2,500 and 2,200 B.C.
According to archaeologist Susanne Friederich, the teeth were likely decorations for the outer flap of a handbag...
The dog teeth were found during excavations of the 250-acre (100-hectare) Profen (map) site, which is slated to become an open-pit coal mine in 2015.
So far the project has uncovered evidence of Stone and Bronze Age settlements, including more than 300 graves, hundreds of stone tools, spear points, ceramic vessels, bone buttons, and an amber necklace.
Thousands of finds from later periods -- including the grave of a woman buried with a pound (half a kilogram) of gold jewelry around 50 B.C. -- have also turned up.
Even among such a rich haul, the purse is something special, according to Friederich, who managed the excavation project. "It's the first time we can show direct evidence of a bag like this."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...
Sorry Joe, I beat you here and never even thought of the “doggie ping” list!
Wow, if you look down in the bottom right corner and, if you hold your computer sideways, you can see the word Coach.
Wow, if you look down in the bottom right corner and, if you hold your computer sideways, you can see the word Coach.
Are you this defensive about all purses or just this one?
LOL!
I’m just saying, it was the stone age, I really doubt this was some woman’s or girly man’s accessory. Ugg needed something to carry his flint knives in.
Ah. Houndstooth really is ageless style.
LOL —— Works for me!
It’s simply FABULOUS.
Their version of open carry.
Why should so many dogs die for fashion?
Mineral mining - the archeologist’s friend.
It’s the simple result of resource exploitation.
Cat Lover Maybe
Is that a picture of Obama (Osama) taking a bite out of his own wiener?
It is SLATED to become and OPEN PIT but has not yet been so designated.
Right now is is merely some "Sort" of a pit, mine shaft, open hole or simple an excavation.
Remember that Bureaucrats twist and turn in their descriptions of things and in the process, their legal jargon just confuses the actual issue. If only they just use clear, concise wording and not legal jargon.
I "suspect" that it is merely a cave where our cave dwelling ancestors lived and often buried their dead. Germany has many such caves.
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