Personal ornaments, Neolithic groups and social identities: some insights into Northern Italy

Personal ornaments are often used to display information about the person wearing them – identity, group or individual, status, current role. In this paper, I analyse ornaments from osseous raw materials from Early and Middle Neolithic sites in Serbia. The exotic origin and labour and skill invested...

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Main Author: Roberto Micheli
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Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2012-12-01
Series:Documenta Praehistorica
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1821
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description Personal ornaments are often used to display information about the person wearing them – identity, group or individual, status, current role. In this paper, I analyse ornaments from osseous raw materials from Early and Middle Neolithic sites in Serbia. The exotic origin and labour and skill invested in their production may have conferred value on them or added to it and their animal origin was considered of special significance. Specific forms conveyed information on status and/or social identity (membership of kin or social group, etc.) and their white colour probably had more than mere aesthetic significance.
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spelling doaj.art-eedd084c6dc34b889f736ea99f924d0e2023-01-18T09:20:50ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922012-12-013910.4312/dp.39.16Personal ornaments, Neolithic groups and social identities: some insights into Northern ItalyRoberto Micheli0Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Friuli Venezia Giulia, TriestePersonal ornaments are often used to display information about the person wearing them – identity, group or individual, status, current role. In this paper, I analyse ornaments from osseous raw materials from Early and Middle Neolithic sites in Serbia. The exotic origin and labour and skill invested in their production may have conferred value on them or added to it and their animal origin was considered of special significance. Specific forms conveyed information on status and/or social identity (membership of kin or social group, etc.) and their white colour probably had more than mere aesthetic significance.https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1821personal ornamentsregional groupsEarly and Middle NeolithicImpressed/Cardial Ware culturePo Plain Neolithic groupsSquare Mouthed Pottery culture
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Personal ornaments, Neolithic groups and social identities: some insights into Northern Italy
Documenta Praehistorica
personal ornaments
regional groups
Early and Middle Neolithic
Impressed/Cardial Ware culture
Po Plain Neolithic groups
Square Mouthed Pottery culture
title Personal ornaments, Neolithic groups and social identities: some insights into Northern Italy
title_full Personal ornaments, Neolithic groups and social identities: some insights into Northern Italy
title_fullStr Personal ornaments, Neolithic groups and social identities: some insights into Northern Italy
title_full_unstemmed Personal ornaments, Neolithic groups and social identities: some insights into Northern Italy
title_short Personal ornaments, Neolithic groups and social identities: some insights into Northern Italy
title_sort personal ornaments neolithic groups and social identities some insights into northern italy
topic personal ornaments
regional groups
Early and Middle Neolithic
Impressed/Cardial Ware culture
Po Plain Neolithic groups
Square Mouthed Pottery culture
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1821
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