Ornamental traditions in the Eastern Adriatic: The Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic personal adornments from Vela Spila (Croatia)

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-31

  Cristiani, Emanuela ^a   Farbstein, Rebecca ^b   Miracle, Preston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body ornaments; Mesolithic; Ornamental traditions; Southeastern Europe; Technological choices; Upper Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905678082     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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