Just recovered a beautiful quartz pendant on this morning's dig! It's mostly natural rock rather than fired clay, with a flat bottom and a hole pierced clean through. A textbook-typical example that clearly served as decoration. 🪨⛏️
Stone pendant with pierced hole recovered from dig site
Key facts
- Pendant made of quartz (more rock than fired clay) discovered that morning on a dig
- Artifact has a flat bottom and a hole impacted completely through it, visible as air bubbles when pressed
- Described as a textbook-typical example of its type
- Stone also shows evidence of being a decorative piece needing cleaning
Sources
Clear Quartz Raw Point Pendantnewmoonbeginnings.com
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Does anyone have elongated pierced stone "pendants ...researchgate.net
These may be natural elongated pebbles (or even dense bone) but with a biconical piercing near one end. The other end may be tapered.
Digs & Discoveries - Neolithic Piercingsarchaeology.org
“The degree of surface erosion of the teeth is pretty good evidence that these ornaments were worn for a long time,” says archaeologist Emma Baysal of Ankara ...
Archaeology - Faceted Quartz Pendant - Molecular Expressionsmicro.magnet.fsu.edu
This page illustrates a faceted quartz pendant from the San Luis Mission in Tallahassee, Florida and gives closeup views under a microscope.
Pyrite in Quartz Pendanttl6thegallery.com
This pendant features a clear quartz cabochon that has flecks of pyrite imbedded in it. A sheet of blue anodized aluminum is set inside the bezel.
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