Shell Beads Archive

15,000-Year-Old Shell Beads Found Kebara Cave Are The Oldest Known Use Of Organic Red Pigments

AncientPages.com | October 27, 2023

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Located on Mount Carmel in northern Israel, the prehistoric Kebara Cave is a tremendous paleoanthropological and archaeological site. Evidence shows that the cave

Archaeology

Discovered Shell Beads Shed New Light On Stone Age Seafaring

AncientPages.com | May 30, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Stone Age humans may have made extended maritime voyages on the Caspian Sea, according to a new study published in the journal Open Archaeology.

Archaeology

Chumash Indians Used Shell Beads As Money 2,000 Years Ago – New Study

AncientPages.com | January 30, 2021

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Chumash Indians produced shell beads for thousands of years in the Santa Barbara Channel region, and had special bead-manufacturing sites. The Chumash