The small pearls measure 1.5 to 2 mm in width for an external diameter of 3 mm. They are made up of a simple coil of bronze leaf and belong to a necklace of bronze and glass beads. The necklace is composed of 58 bitronconic bronze beads, 21 small bronze rings, 4 spiral bronze beads, 1 small glass bead of blue-green color, 1 small ring in copper alloy.
Where to find it
Sens (89) Musées de Sens
Passage Moïse et 135 rue des Déportés et de la Résistance
89100 Sens
Commune of discovery
Soucy
Locality
Mocque-Bouteilles
Type of intervention
Excavation
Year of excavation
1990
Chief Scientist
Baray, Luc
Inventory number
D.90.4.19
Scope
Daily life ➔ Adornment
Funeral ➔ Furniture associated with the deceased
Materials
Metal ➔ Copper alloy
Chronological period
Protohistory [- 2200 / - 50] ➔ Bronze Age [- 2200/ - 800] ➔ Final Bronze Age [- 1400/ - 800]
Dimensions
L. 0.15 cm, d. 0.3 cm,
Bibliographie
BARAY L., Deffressigne S., Leroyer C., Villemeur I. Nécropole protohistorique du Sénonais. D.A.F. n°44 Archéologie préventive - Autoroute A5/A160. 1994 : Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Paris
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