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Exciting new analysis of MSA shell bead evidence from El Mnasra North Africa: large assemblage likely >100 Ka, inc pigment residue and wear from ?thread, but other wear suggests diverse uses.
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The use of Nassariidea shells as personal ornaments is attested to an increasing number of Middle Stone Age (MSA) archaeological sites in northern and southern Africa. The chronological extent of this...