Fake jewellery from the Stone Age looks like the real deal

3 July 2024 Off By Bambam

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02139-5

‘Amber’ beads dating to the Neolithic period, lasting from the fifth to the third millennium BC, are actually mollusc shells coated with resin and natural pigments.