Chinese Archaeologists Find 'World's Oldest Earrings' (8,000 Year Old)

SMH.com ^ | 7-27-2004

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Chinese archaeologists find 'world's oldest earrings'

July 27, 2004

Chinese archaeologists have discovered earrings they believe are the oldest found in the world.

The jade earrings, which date to between 7500 and 8200 years ago, were unearthed at the Xinglongwa culture site in Chifeng city in Inner Mongolia, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday.

The jade rings, called "Jue" in old Chinese, have diameters that measure 2.5 to six centimetres.

Liu Guoxiang, head of an archaeological team under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said it was "magnificent" that the earrings were found in pairs that were almost similar in size and weight.

The most exquisite pair were identical in weight and in their inner and outer diameters, he said.

"It is almost unimaginable that without modern tools, people in ancient times managed to achieve such a feat," Liu was quoted as saying.

The report did not say how many pairs were found.

Because the earrings unearthed have reasonably large diameters, experts speculate the wearers at the time would have pierced bigger holes in their earlobes and must have already known how to treat inflammation, said jade culture expert Tang Chung at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

People in some parts of South-East Asia still wear jade earrings of a similar design, he said.

He said jade ornaments emerged on the Inner Mongolia prairie about 8000 years ago and in the Yangtze River valley 6000 to 7000 years ago.

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GGG Ping.

[Frank_Discussion]

Does anybody have Helen Thomas' phone number?

[rogercolleridge]

Maybe these guys could find one that I lost in somebody's car...way back in the summer of 1982!!!!

[SunkenCiv]

I did one of my industrial strength keyword jobs on this topic and the Inner Mongolia Yields New Discoveries topic. :')

[ForGod'sSake]

So, have you given up on the *ping* list and gone to just the keyword flag? Your pings are/were so useful for ease of navigation and followups, I hate to see 'em go.

$.02

FGS

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

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[Pharmboy]

Uhhh...check the date on your message. That's a blast from the future.

[colorado tanker]

Drats, no pictures in the article.

[blam]

"Drats, no pictures in the article. "

When I look at the ping from SC and see the title and think, "this will be interesting." Only to discover that I posted the article six years ago, lol.

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that an 8,000 year old necklace was found with the Hobbits. (I've not been able to 'refind' that info anywhere since though)

Morwood has found crude Homo erectus-type stone tools on Flores that may be 840,000 years old.

[Cold Heart]

OK, 6006 years old:)

[SunkenCiv]

What do you expect, those Hobbits are light-fingered little bastards. ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

Oh sorry, I’ve been messin’ with the time machine today.

[blam]

"What do you expect, those Hobbits are light-fingered little bastards. ;’)"

They weren't suppose to have the brains for that kind of work...that's why that tid-bit stuck with me.

[SunkenCiv]

They who have ears to hear, let them make earrings.

[TheOldLady]

Doctor? Dr. Who? That you?

[colorado tanker]

Neolithic Wife: Honey, do these earrings make me look thin?

Neolithic Husband: No, dear, you still have that gorgeous earth mother shape!

[blam]

"Neolithic Husband: No, dear, you still have that gorgeous earth mother shape! "

"See here, I captured you figure in wood":

[RegulatorCountry]

"Yes, dear, your butt does look big in that, and you should wear it more often!"