The World's Oldest Crown
One-per-centers have been around for a long time, probably since the late Neolithic period, when nomadic hunter-gatherers settled into farming communities. The concept of private property—of land that could be handed down to one’s heirs—and the advent of metallurgy, which created durable symbols of prestige, contributed to social stratification.
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