Spondylus in Prehistory: New data and approaches. Contributions to the archaeology of shell technologies

ISBN-13: 9781407307749 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 250 str.

Fotis Ifantidis;Marianna Nikolaidou

Opis

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. The core of the book consists of papers that were first presented in a special session on -Spondylus in European Prehistory: New Data and Approaches - A Session on the Archaeology of Shell Technologies-, organized by the editors for the 13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Zadar, Croatia, 18-23 September 2007. Contents: 1) Spondylus Shells at Prehistoric Sites in the Iberian Peninsula (Esteban Alvarez-Fernandez); 2) Spondylus sp. at Lezetxiki Cave (Basque Country, Spain): First Evidence of its Use in Symbolic Behavior during the Aurignacian in Europe (Alvaro Arrizabalaga, Esteban Alvarez-Fernandez & Maria-Jose 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 Siklosi & 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)(arka Hladilova); 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 (Adrian Velazquez Castro, Belem Zuniga Arellano & Norma Valentin Maldonado).