Analysis of the body ornament from Jordan identifies a complex interplay of art, trade, status, and funerary practice. A single accessory, an ornate necklace found in a child's grave in ancient Jordan, sheds new light on the social complexity of Neolithic culture. This finding was detailed in a stu

An ancient necklace from a child’s grave in Jordan reveals the Neolithic culture’s social intricacies, highlighting the importance of adornments and suggesting complex societal dynamics of the period. Final physical reconstruction of the necklace, today exposed at the new museum of Petra in Jordan.