Neolithic Tenerian Culture Stone Grave Goods or Amulets stone Extensive cemeteries in the Chancay

Extensive cemeteries in the Chancay region have yielded numerous ceramic pieces like this effigy

Manilla or Penannular Bracelet Currency

features a plain woven textile in a beautiful golden brownish-red color

spheric form

and even domesticated dogs

Neolithic Tenerian Culture Stone Grave Goods or Amulets stone Extensive cemeteries in the ChancayTenerian Culture, c. 46002500 BC, Tnr Desert, Niger, West Africa Fascinating and evocative assemblage of ancient stone and fossil grave goods or amulets dating to the Neolithic Tenerian culture. Each piece reflects the ritual, symbolic, and spiritual world of a people who lived during one of the Saharas most remarkable climatic phasesthe Neolithic Subpluvial, a time when todays vast desert was a fertile savanna teeming with life. The Tenerian culture