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Digital Object 1066
Description:
Tubular beads. They possibly formed part of a necklace or shin guard. They were found alongside a collection of bone flutes; an artifact of spherical wood beads with gold covers (AU10476); a bell with an elongated handle (AU10344); two pendants which represent a hybrid crocodile-feline with claws; and various other artifacts. This packet was found in the South-East corner of the burial pit on the third level of tomb T2.
Excavation campaign:
 
2013
Record type:
 
Metal artifacts
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Archaeological site:
 
El Caño
Operation:
 
Operation 1
Stratigraphic group:
 
Tomb 2
Stratigraphic unit type:
 
Offering
Stratigraphic unit (finds):
 
161
Calibrated Age Range:
 
Cal AD 900 to 1020 (Cal BP 1050 to 930)
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Artifacts
Metal artifacts:
 
Necklace
Measurements
Dimension 1:
 
lenght mm
=:
 
19
Dimension 2:
 
diameter mm
=:
 
2.5
Weight:
 
g
=:
 
36
Other specific measurements:
 
The length and diameter was only taken from one of the beads. The weight refers to the total wieght of the collection.
Digital Object 1066
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