Kissonerga Skalia Excavations
Copper Chopper
The first example is a Copper-based axe-head.
Gone Fishing
There are also a couple of copper-based fish-hooks.
Ancient Bling
These are perforated Shell Pendants, so it wasn't all work work work.
Ring Thing
In this shot we are interested in Number 15. It was labelled as a Picrolite spurred annular pendant. This is a small, ring-shaped prehistoric ornament made from blue-green picrolite, featuring a distinct small projection or "spur" on its outer edge.
Whorls
Now these I liked. They are spindle whorls, used in weaving (a small, weighted disk or spherical object attached to a spinning stick to act as a flywheel, maintaining the rotational speed needed to twist raw fibers into yarn). I like them because they remind me of the kind of thing I would dig up when I used to go bottle digging as a child. I wouldn't find spindle whorls but would often dig up small items of stoneware and old ink bottles and whathaveyou.
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