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Spondylus shells were prized as seafood but also invested with social and symbolic significance in many prehistoric cultures. This volume offers a broad and up-to-date discussion of the Spondylus phenomenon in prehistory, in diverse archaeological contexts from Europe and two areas of the New World. It brings together new archaeological data, methodological advances, and current interpretations for the study of this important material. Further understanding comes from consideration of other shell technologies, ancient and traditional.

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Author:   Fotis Ifantidis ,  Marianna Nikolaidou
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Volume:   2216
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.997kg
ISBN:  

9781407307749

ISBN 10:   1407307746
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   15 April 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction - A Volume on Spondylus (Marianna Nikolaidou & Fotis Ifantidis; 1) Spondylus Shells at Prehistoric Sites in the Iberian Peninsula (Esteban Álvarez-Fernández); 2) Spondylus sp. at Lezetxiki Cave (Basque Country, Spain): First Evidence of its Use in Symbolic Behavior during the Aurignacian in Europe (Álvaro Arrizabalaga, Esteban Álvarez-Fernández & María-José Iriarte); 3) Spondylus gaederopus in Prehistoric Italy: Jewels from Neolithic and Copper Age Sites (Maria Angelica Borrello & Roberto Micheli); 4) Status of Spondylus Artifacts within the LBK Grave Goods (Jan John); 5 Reconsideration of Spondylus Usage in the Middle and Late Neolithic of the Carpathian Basin (Zsuzsanna Siklósi & Piroska Csengeri); 6) Spondylus in South American Prehistory (Benjamin P. Carter); 7) Spondylus gaederopus in Aegean Prehistory: Deciphering Shapes from Northern Greece (Tatiana Theodoropoulou); 8 The Neolithic Settlement at Makriyalos, Northern Greece: Evidence from the Spondylus gaederopus Artifacts (Maria Pappa & Rena Veropoulidou); 9) Cosmos in Fragments: Spondylus and Glycymeris Adornment at Neolithic Dispilio, Greece (Fotis Ifantidis); 10) Personhood and the Life Cycle of Spondylus Rings: An Example from Late Neolithic, Greece (John C. Chapman, Bisserka I. Gaydarska, Evangelia Skafida & Stella Souvatzi); 11) Spondylus Objects from Theopetra Cave, Greece: Imported of Local Production? (Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika); 12) The Contribution of Archaeometry to the Study of Prehistoric Marine Shells (Katerina Douka); 13) Paleobiological Study of Spondylus Jewelry found in Neolithic (LPC) Graves at the Locality Vedrovice (Moravia, Czech Republic)(Sárka Hladilová); 14) Spondylus gaederopus Tools and Meals in Central Greece from the 3rd to the Early 1st Millennium BCE (Rena Veropoulidou); 15) Pre-Hispanic Attire made of Spondylus from Tula, Mexico (Adrián Velázquez Castro, Belem Zúñiga Arellano & Norma Valentín Maldonado); Concluding Commentary - Lives and Journeys, of Spondylus and People: A Story to Conclude (Marianna Nikolaidou).

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