Use As Ornaments During The Stone Age
Large amount of trivia shell ornaments consisting of Trivia arctica and Trivia monacha have been excavated in Stone Age burials from northwestern France (Brittany), dating back to c. 5000–7000 BC. They are some of the earliest European examples of false cowrie shells used in necklaces and ornaments, for the most part associated with male skeletons. While the trivia genus superficially resembles the true ribbed cowries from the tropics, the two species are not closely related. However, these shells are sometimes called cowries in the British Isles, but are more widely known as false cowries.
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Note the existence of a single Monetaria annulus specimen to the left of the skull
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Skeletons with trivia ornaments
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Skeletons with trivia ornament
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