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'''Jewellery''' (or '''jewelry''' in [[American English]]) consists of decorative items worn for personal [[adornment]], such as [[brooch]]es, [[ring (jewellery)|rings]], [[necklace]]s, [[earring]]s, [[pendant]]s, [[bracelet]]s, and [[cufflink]]s. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable [[Ornament (art)|ornaments]], ornamental pieces (such as rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets) that are made of materials which may or may not be precious (such as gold, silver, glass, and plastic), excluding flowers for example. For many centuries metal such as gold often combined with [[gemstone]]s, has been the normal material for jewellery, but other materials such as glass, shells and other plant materials may be used.
Jewellery is one of the oldest types of [[archaeological artefact]] – with 100,000-year-old beads made from ''[[Nassarius]]'' shells thought to be the oldest known jewellery.<ref name="bbcnewsdiscovery">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5099104.stm Study reveals 'oldest jewellery'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612230733/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5099104.stm |date=2018-06-12 }}, ''[[BBC News]]'', June 22, 2006.</ref> The basic forms of jewellery vary between cultures but are often extremely long-lived; in European cultures the most common forms of jewellery listed above have persisted since ancient times, while other forms such as adornments for the nose or ankle, important in other cultures, are much less common.
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