8500-year-old Late Mesolithic garment embroidery from Vlasac (Serbia): Technological, use-wear and residue analyses

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3450-3469

  Cristiani, Emanuela ^a   Borić, Dušan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body decoration; Cyclope neritea; Cyprinidae teeth; Mesolithic; The Danube Gorges; Vlasac

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CYPRINID; GARMENT INDUSTRY; GASTROPOD; MESOLITHIC; SYMBOLISM;

SERBIA; VLASAC;

CYCLOPE NERITEA; CYPRINIDAE; GASTROPODA;

EID: 84864300009     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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