African Ostrich Eggshell Beads Analyzed Over 50,000 Year Time Period

Over a 27,000 year time period, eggshell beads barely changed and a sudden stylist shift is likely due to climate change separating cultures and trade networks

Among the many artifacts humans have exchanged throughout culture and time, ostrich eggshell beads are ideal. First of all, they are the world’s fully manufactured ornament. Unlike stone tools which rely natural size of shape of the stone that varies, the egg shells can be modeled to produce any variety beads. Subsequently, each different culture has pr…