Posted on 10/30/2021 11:04:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Last week, the discovery of the oldest known piece of artificially colored jewelry in Japan was unveiled. Although the Mainchi reported that the 23,000-year-old bead was actually unearthed five years ago, the finding was made only made public this month in anticipation of its debut at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum in Naha, Japan. The bead, which is considered a prime example of early creative development, is expected to provide valuable information about Paleolithic culture.
The bead was carved from a tusk shell and painted with a red pigment, only of which traces remain in the groove of the shell. It was found on the coast of Okinawa in the Sakitari Cave site and is thought to be from the Upper Paleolithic Period at roughly 23,000 years old.
“It appears ancient people took a lot of time and effort to make these objects, from finding the shells to coloring them,” Seiji Kadowaki, a lecturer at the Nagoya University Museum who specializes in prehistoric archaeology, told the Mainichi. “The decorative objects may have been used as tools for communication.”
In the same cave, a couple other notable objects of human history have been found, among them the world’s oldest fishing hook (which is also made of tusk shells) and a lump of pigment that would have been used like a crayon. The cave was continuously inhabited by successive generations of people until the Jomon Period 15,000 years ago.
The bead is currently on view as part of an exhibition devoted to interchanges between humans, Okinawa dugong (an endangered mammal found in nearby waters), and coral which opened earlier this month.
Sounds like a venerable bead to me.
these guys put Sherlock Holmes to shame with their deductive powers.
I never could have surmised all this from a little thing like that, and I have practiced deductive reasoning since reading “The Tower Treasure”.
Thanks nickcarraway.
Ping
If this had been found in China, we’d be wanting to find another one in 23,000 years.
Y’know, that one sounded better in my head...
Excellent, now is the red pigment tomato sauce?
I’m not the only one!
Looks at tough as the macaroni I had a few weeks back..
It’s al dente, It’s al dente...
Nearly cracked my dentes...
Now, that’s funny right there!
Well done.
Probably made in China.
Gooood.
Ut looks like vodka sauce.
Look for the mark “Made in Japan”. A dead giveaway as to who made it!!
lots of guessing reported as fact.
when are people gonna realize this is what they are doing in all fields, sciences, weather, medicine, many other fields including political/governments, people get paid and spend their whole life making up stuff they want others to believe and live by.
great to find some previously made bead (or whatever) but why have to manufacture a story of who and how and....etc? just appreciate the thing.
I often wonder about end of life when everyone will face judgement and how God will view those who fabricated bits of info into stories to feed the masses? Same as we are dealing with “covid” bits of truth amongst many lies.
“23,000-Year-Old Colored Bead Found in Japan”
Author needs to get with the times, it is an African-American Bead.
I was thinking Bead Of Color.
It's like...hey Sam...you say it's 1400 BC and I'll disagree.
How big of a Grant do you think you'll need? I'll double mine and we can split the difference. This is probably good for the next 10 years.
Make sure you list necessary expenses separately so they don't have a real number.
Maybe it’s not a bead at all but a planter for dried herbs.
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