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SET OF AFRICAN NEOLITHIC INTACT VEINED STONE ARMLETS Exposed Saharan Site - Mali, Northwest Africa NORTHWEST AFRICAN NEOLITHIC PERIOD (CAPSIAN): 8,500 - 6,500 years ago This CAPSIAN TRADITION artifact was found on an exposed African Neolithic site in the Sahara Desert in Mali, Northwest Africa. It was fashioned by ancient man (Homo sapiens sapiens) between 8,500 and 6,500 years ago. This is a well-matched set of TWO solid stone African Neolithic stone armlets carved from a solid piece of quartz veined black hardstone. Both are intact with NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION. We also sell these as 'bracelets'. Due to the reduced size of the women in this early time, most of these were worn as armlets or bracelets. This rare set is wearable and based on your body size, you can wear these either as shown or as a matching set of bracelets. The inner dimensions are listed below by the price to see how they would fit if you wish to wear these. Along with tools and weapons, sites yield objects of adornment from this period such as beads and bracelets. Indication of prehistoric manufacture technique can be seen in the rough hewn inner curved surfaces. Wonderful overall desert wind erosion. Bracelets are "As made" with no modern damage. Wonderful West African Neolithic treasure and perfect to display alongside similar period tools and weapons! This specimen set of TWO PIECES is solid and safe to wear. In the final Pleistocene and early Holocene Periods around 10,000 years ago, the Sahara was believed to be a highly favorable environment for hunters, gatherers and pastoralists. Freshwater lakes existed between the dunes in what is now the Tenere region, Lake Chad was eight times its current size, the highlands supported Mediterranean forest trees, and a large fauna of animals flourished. The slow drying out process of the Sahara, began 7,000 years ago and ended 4500 years ago resulting in the barren conditions that exist to this day. As we progress from the time from the end of the Pleistocene to the end of the Paleolithic Period, we see man relying more on meat from raised animals as opposed to hunted animals. At the end of the Pleistocene Period in North Africa, a blade industry developed called the CAPSIAN TRADITION. The Capsian industry runs simultaneously with the Oranian industry and began around 11,000 years ago (9,000 years ago in the Northwest region). This later tradition is responsible for the influence of the Oranian industry and eventually succeeds it at the close of Paleolithic Period, ushering in the Neolithic Age of stone tool manufacture in this region of Africa. Most notable during the era of the Capsian tradition is the proliferation of various blades and bladelets eventually leading to MICROLITHIC technology. Microliths are tiny flake blade tools and segments of blades that are used as they are or set in composite tools of wood or bone for use as barbs or to make saws. The various tools of the CAPSIAN TRADITION represent some of the most delicately flaked and beautifully executed smaller stone tools of man. By this time, the flaking methods utilize small punches for extreme control in the removal of material and shape of the blade being made. Some points were so perfectly executed that they were not used at all but served as items of prestige by their owner and are sometimes found in association with burials. These finest points and blades from this period rival any stone implement ever made by primitive man and were sometimes manufactured out of the most stunning gem-grade material such as fine translucent chalcedony and agate as well as transparent crystalline quartz. By this late age of lithic tool manufacture, stone implements have undergone man's development by both trial-and-error and cognitive thinking spanning an overall time exceeding one million years. LARGE SUPERB QUARTZ VEINING IN THIS EXCEPTIONAL SET OF AUTHENTIC NEOLITHIC ARMLETS YES, THEY ARE WEARABLE! 4" in outside diameter, 2.75" - 2.6" inside diameter, .75" thick $375 CAP103 Actual Item - One Only SET INCLUDES TWO ARMLETS |
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