Residue analysis and ornament suspension techniques in prehistory: Cyprinid pharyngeal teeth beads from Late Mesolithic burials at Vlasac (Serbia)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 292-310

  Cristiani, Emanuela ^a   Živaljević, Ivana ^b   Borić, Dušan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyprinid pharyngeal teeth; Mesolithic; Ornamental beads; Residues; Suspension technique; The danube gorges; Use wear traces; Vlasac

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CYPRINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MESOLITHIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; TOOTH;

DANUBE VALLEY;

CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 84898679867     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.03.018     Document Type: Article

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