Insight into Early Farmers' Burial Practices from an Ancient Child's Necklace

Researchers meticulously reconstruct lavish ornament from a tangled heap of beads

Imagine journeying back 9,000 years in time to a village nestled in the southern Jordanian landscape. Here, a young girl of eight summers is laid to rest, adorned with an exquisite necklace crafted from stone, shell, and fossilized amber. Fast forward to the present day, and the story of this remarkable ornament resurfaces as archaeologists unveil their…