A Spondylus Gaederopus Linnaeus, 1753 spiny oyster pendant from the Neolithic settlement of Sânandrei-Ocsăplaț (Timiș County, western Romania)
A Spondylus Gaederopus Linnaeus, 1753 spiny oyster pendant from the Neolithic settlement of Sânandrei-Ocsăplaț (Timiș County, western Romania)

Summary/Abstract: In the researches undertaken in 2012 on the site of Sânandrei, level 5d was discovered a pendant made from a valve of a seashell of Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758. The level 5d have been dated between 5483-4857 calBC and belongs to the Banat Culture , phase IIB-IIC. Unlike the other pendants in Western and Central Europe, the edge of the Sanandrei seashell valve was painted with a black color, and in a hole that was made later hosted a bead made from the same material. Perhaps these details were of particular importance and precise significance for the bearer / wearer of the pendant, going as far as the possibility of changing its original purpose/use.

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