Smykke: Forskelle mellem versioner

 

[[Fil:Ravkæde, a necklace made out of amber.jpg|thumb|Smykkekæde med perler af rav]]

* dekorationsmykke (kropspynt)

* tegn på social status som velhavenhed eller magt (krone, diadem osv)

* tegn på personlig status eller [[succes]], som vielsesring eller medalje

Smykker er forskellige i størrelse, oftest små i forhold til den bærendes krop. Antallet, størrelse samt vægt af smykkerne er kun begrænset af den smykke-bærendes egen kropstørrelse og bærestyrke.

 

 

Later in Kenya, at [[Enkapune Ya Muto]], beads made from perforated [[ostrich]] egg shells have been dated to more than 40,000 years ago. In Russia, a stone bracelet and marble ring are attributed to a similar age. quote=A stone bracelet unearthed in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia in 2008 is being called the oldest-known jewelry of its kind. Anatoly Derevyanko, director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, and the research team believe that the cave’s Denisovan layers were uncontaminated by human activity from a later period. The soil around the two fragments of the jewelry piece was dated with oxygen isotopic analysis to 40,000 years ago. "In the same layer, where we found a Denisovan bone, were found interesting things; until then it was believed these were the hallmark of the emergence of Homo sapiens. First of all, there were symbolic items, such as jewelry, including the stone bracelet as well as a ring, carved out of marble," Derevyanko told The Siberian Times<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archaeology.org/news//3270-150507-siberia-denisovan-bracelet|title=Stone Bracelet May Have Been Made by Denisovans|year=2015|}}</ref>

 

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