USATODAY.com – Greek hiker finds 6,500-year-old pendant in field
“It belongs to the Neolithic period, about which we know very little regarding the use of metals, particularly gold,” she said. “The fact that it is made of gold indicates that these people were highly advanced, producing significant works of art.”
She said the pendant, measuring rough 1 ½ by 1 ½ inches, was picked up last year near the town of Ptolemaida, about 90 miles southwest of the northern city of Thessaloniki. Karamitrou-Mendesidi is to present the artifact at a three-day archaeological conference that opened Thursday in Thessaloniki.
Heeyy… I knew I dropped that darn thing somewhere over there. 😀 Article has a pic, not real impressive to look at, but the fact that people in this region were working with gold suggests they were quite knowledgeable, which is cool I guess, was never any good at history.. heh.