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Columbella rustica in Mesolithic burial site
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Allen Aigen <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 26 Dec 2023 22:23:08 +0000
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Baby Buried With Care 10,000 Years Ago Found in Italian Cave | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

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Baby Buried With Care 10,000 Years Ago Found in Italian Cave

Smithsonian Magazine

The rare interment suggests that some hunter-gatherer societies imbued female infants with full personhood
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Note that the Columbella rustica beads pictured are 50% sinistral.  Is this common Mediterranean species often found with sinistral specimens, or was the collector choosing the odd shells because they are rare and therefore more valuable?
Allen AigenStaten Island, NY


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