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6,000-year-old walkie-talkie: Scientists revive prehistoric shells used for long-distance communication

Archaeologists in Spain have brought back the voice of the Neolithic by successfully playing ancient shells that had been buried for around 6,000 years. The instruments, made from large marine snail ...
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6,700-Year-Old Shell Trumpets Were Prehistoric Communication Tools, Study Suggests

If someone hands you a large, spiral seashell, chances are that your instinct will drive you to hold it up to your ear. Thousands of years ago, however, prehistoric communities in modern-day Spain ...
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Prehistoric Humans Made Necklaces From Marine Mollusk Fossils 20,000 Years Ago

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...
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Shell energy : prehistoric coastal resource strategies / edited by Geoffrey N. Bailey, Karen Hardy and Abdoulaye Camara

Contributors -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction. Shell energy: an introduction / Geoffrey N. Bailey, Karen Hardy, Abdoulaye Camara -- North America. Beyond subsistence: the social and ...
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Prehistoric exchange and interaction in southeastern southern Africa : marine shells and ostrich eggshell

Abstracts in English and French, p. 35. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!514076~!0#focus ...