Black Cyclope neritea marine shell ornaments in the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of Franchthi Cave, Greece: Arguments for intentional heat treatment

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-309

  Perlès, Catherine ^a   Vanhaeren, Marian ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d Inrap)   (France)

Author keywords

Beads; Cyclope neritea; Franchthi Cave; Greece; Heat treatment; Mesolithic; Upper Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951885618     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/009346910X12707321358874     Document Type: Review

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