Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Subtlest jewelry Neolithic Period


A bracelet was found in 9500 that one archaeological site in Turkey shows the expertise of the craftsmen in the Neolithic period. Bracelet made of obsidian is the finest jewelry craft show high rates of that period.

As quoted from the pages of the Daily Mail, the researchers from the Français d'Etudes Anatoliennes in Istanbul and the Laboratoire de Tribologie et des Systèmes de Dynamiques then studied the surface of the bracelet. The results of micro-topography of the bracelet is really an amazing show-making technique.

Bracelets made ​​of obsidian, or volcanic rocks that enter into the type of rock crystal or glass. But until now not known technology used to refine the Neolithic obsidian into jewelry such as those found on the site Asikli Höyük. Artifacts bracelet itself was found in 1995 at the site Asikli Höyük, Turkey.

Based on previous research, wristbands diameter of 10 centimeters was polished with an already advanced manufacturing technologies. Materials, pemolesannya level was considered equivalent to a telescope lens-making in the present.

Obsidian jewelry bracelets became the oldest are found, which originate from the Neolithic period. The results of the study it was later published in "Journal of Archaeological Science".

Obsidian craft itself is assumed to reach its peak at 5 to 7th century BC. Findings of any variety of ornamental objects including mirrors and ceramics.

Neolithic period called the New Stone Age period is also known as the cultivation period, which has a man with high craft skill.