Ancient Shell Bling

Seems we've been stringing bling almost as long as we've been walking... ;-)

• 80,000 year old beads shed light on early culture

And from that article:

• Ancient Shells May Be Oldest Jewelry

From ancient Peru:

• Moche mummy with gold jewelry (no pictures)

And here are some more links to pictures of old beads (think polymer clay, folks!):

• Ancient North American beads
• Stone Age Babies buried with beads
• Punctured Shell Beads from southern Africa