"It seems to have been very fashionable at the
time."
(June 28, 2012) The world's oldest purse may have been found in Germany—and
its owner apparently had a sharp sense of Stone Age style.
Excavators at a site near Leipzig (map) uncovered more than
a hundred dog teeth arranged close together in a grave dated to between 2,500
and 2,200 B.C.
According to archaeologist Susanne Friederich, the teeth
were likely decorations for the outer flap of a handbag.
"Over the years the leather or fabric disappeared, and
all that's left is the teeth. They're all pointing in the same direction, so it
looks a lot like a modern handbag flap," said Friederich, of the
Sachsen-Anhalt State Archaeology and Preservation Office.