Shell beads of the Last Hunter-Gatherers and Earliest Farmers in South-Western Europe
This paper analyses the suspended objects of adornment made from marine mollusc shells that have been recorded at Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in southwest Europe. Particular attention will be given to taxonomic determination, technological aspects and the strategies utilised to obtain the raw mat...
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Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi
2010-01-01
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| author | Álvarez-Fernández, E. |
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| description | This paper analyses the suspended objects of adornment made from marine mollusc shells that have been recorded at Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in southwest Europe. Particular attention will be given to taxonomic determination, technological aspects and the strategies utilised to obtain the raw materials for these objects. The distribution of certain species and the types of ornamentation used by the last hunter-gatherers and first farming communities will also be discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cadc0aa81da94924955003dcc8cd7cc42022-12-22T02:40:10ZdeuSociedad de Ciencias AranzadiMunibe Antropologia-Arkeologia1132-22172172-45552010-01-0161129138Shell beads of the Last Hunter-Gatherers and Earliest Farmers in South-Western EuropeÁlvarez-Fernández, E.This paper analyses the suspended objects of adornment made from marine mollusc shells that have been recorded at Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in southwest Europe. Particular attention will be given to taxonomic determination, technological aspects and the strategies utilised to obtain the raw materials for these objects. The distribution of certain species and the types of ornamentation used by the last hunter-gatherers and first farming communities will also be discussed.http://www.aranzadi-zientziak.org/fileadmin/docs/Munibe/2010129138AA.pdfSuspended objects of adornmentmalacofaunaMesolithicNeolithicEurope |
| spellingShingle | Álvarez-Fernández, E. Shell beads of the Last Hunter-Gatherers and Earliest Farmers in South-Western Europe Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia Suspended objects of adornment malacofauna Mesolithic Neolithic Europe |
| title | Shell beads of the Last Hunter-Gatherers and Earliest Farmers in South-Western Europe |
| title_full | Shell beads of the Last Hunter-Gatherers and Earliest Farmers in South-Western Europe |
| title_fullStr | Shell beads of the Last Hunter-Gatherers and Earliest Farmers in South-Western Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shell beads of the Last Hunter-Gatherers and Earliest Farmers in South-Western Europe |
| title_short | Shell beads of the Last Hunter-Gatherers and Earliest Farmers in South-Western Europe |
| title_sort | shell beads of the last hunter gatherers and earliest farmers in south western europe |
| topic | Suspended objects of adornment malacofauna Mesolithic Neolithic Europe |
| url | http://www.aranzadi-zientziak.org/fileadmin/docs/Munibe/2010129138AA.pdf |
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