The beginnings of jewelry. A little history

Human beings like jewelry and have always liked it. In fact, you will know it from your history books, in all civilizations and times there have been jewels. Because decorating yourself or flaunting some kind of badge on your neck, hand, wrist or even nose is liked and has always been liked by every human being.

Already in the Paleolithic, in the Stone Age, jewelry was used. The first were bones, tusks, shells or teeth, which were soon replaced by stones and gems. Immediately those stones or gems that were scarcer began to be quoted. And what's more, they began to use them as amulets or protective stones.

In the Bronze Age the metal was discovered. The first one that we have already mentioned in other articles, copper, then came others like iron. And they were followed already in this age by gold, silver and bronze. Of course, goldsmith work was born in this era and jewelry techniques began to appear.

They began to make all kinds of jewelry to adorn the body. The stones began to be set.

The Egyptians were great fans of jewelry and ornamentation. The tombs and their passion for burying the pharaohs and others with ornaments and jewelry have allowed us to discover how luxurious and elaborate their jewelry was. They came to identify each mineral with a different god. The best known is the Sun god who was directly likened to gold. Hathor was copper.

One of the most precious jewels is the famous beetle with its turquoise, it symbolized the regeneration of the sunrise, and it was used in all kinds of jewels, whether they were bracelets, rings, pendants or others.

The Greeks preferred to adorn their diadems or hang gold fetishes. They created objects of great beauty such as stone or amber beads. They made hair clips like those in the shape of a dove, symbol of the god Eros.

They were the discoverers of pearls. Let's not forget the laurel wreaths with which the winners of the Olympics were shown and rewarded. The laurel wreath was associated with the god Apollo.

The Romans used many materials to create ornaments and utensils such as ceramics, porcelain, bronze or ivory. Gold and silver were widely used, but so were bronze and vitera paste (glazed ceramic).

The Iberians had a lot of influence from their colonizing peoples, like the Phoenicians and the Greeks. The Iberian colonists were the discoverers of gold solder. They also replaced solid jewelry with jewelry filled with other less expensive materials such as copper, resin, or sand.

Pre-Columbian cultures before their colonization used gold and silver a lot and were the great lovers of the emerald.

So far our little article on history and the beginnings of jewelry. We have thought very soon they taught more times and how not to expand those great heroes who were our ancestors or precursors. Remember for the elders or former love and respect.