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pearls. It is assumed that the pots were filled with groceries, and that there were also other, long decomposed organic funerary goods. Most probably, a magic function was ascribed to the amber pearls, especially the ones of a
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in 1969 and immediately thereafter restored for touristic use. This was part of a series of 106 excavations conducted by
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