In Greece man's penchant for personal adornment can be traced back to remote
prehistory. The earliest ornaments evidently appeared in the Paleolithic Age, as some seashells pierced with suspension holes
indicate. Regular jewellery - beads, pendants, earrings and bracelets - began to be produced in the Neolithic
Age, mainly from .stone, clay, bone and seashell. Metal ornaments were extremely rare in this
era.
The stone ornaments are plain and of simple shapes, usually rings or small discs with a short pierced stem for
suspension. They were used as pendants or earrings. Beads, bracelets and buttons were made of bone or
shell.
Notable are some Neolithic ornaments in gold and silver, such as the gold
pendant from Sesklo in Thessaly and the gold strips and pendants from the Zas
cave on Naxos and Aravyssos in. Macedonia. A gold bead has also been found in
Macedonia, in the Neolithic settlement at Sitagroi. Silver beads and a pendant were found in the Alepotrypa cave at
Diros, Mani.
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