Amber Discs with Cross Decoration

Butrimas, Adomas; Ulozaitė, Regina; Iršėnas, Marius

doi:10.15181/ab.v25i0.1835

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“…Such coating and painting with ochre-containing mixtures has only rarely been reported from the eastern Baltic, such as an amber disc from Daktariškė 5, Lithuania, the engraved ornament of which was probably highlighted by a mixture of resins and mineral pigment (Butrimas et al 2018). On the other hand, only very few objects have been analysed by the analytical techniques and this is the first study to use mass spectrometry approaches on Mesolithic bone/antler objects from this region.…”

Section: Gc-fid/ms Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Stone Age imitation of a slotted bone point from Pärnu River (south-western Estonia)

Jonuks¹,

Chen²,

Kriiska³

et al. 2023

EJA

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This is an in-depth study of a mimicked slotted point, carved from a cervid longbone, found in the lower reaches of the Pärnu River. The 3D digital model, created during this study, provides an interactive and innovative tool for studying the object in detail. The AMS dating places the artefact at the very beginning of human habitation in the present-day territory of Estonia. SEM-EDS, ATR-FT-IR and GC-FID/MS analyses demonstrate that this unique Stone Age imitation of slotted bone point from Pärnu River object was probably originally partially covered with a mixture of red ochre and some coniferous resin, possibly as hafting adhesive. As this is a detailed replica of a slotted point, it also demonstrates how people themselves saw slotted points in the Early Mesolithic, also raising the question of the purpose of this replica -was it an ordinary arrowhead or rather a ritual object?

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Section: Gc-fid/ms Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Stone Age imitation of a slotted bone point from Pärnu River (south-western Estonia)

Jonuks¹,

Chen²,

Kriiska³

et al. 2023

EJA

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Professor Marija Gimbutas’ adventure with prehistoric amber and the results for us

Czebreszuk

Čivilytė

2021

Lietuvos Archeologija

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This article is dedicated to Gimbutas’ approach to prehistoric amber and the results of her hypothesis for 21st-century archaeology. Amber is one of the constant threads in her research but hypotheses about amber have yet to be summarized. It is our aim to discuss the assessment of Gimbutas’ studies of amber in a non-exhaustive format, which can help to understand the focal points of her research, especially the chronological changes of amber utilisation from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age. We w will discuss Gimbutas’ proposals in respect to the amber routes and interpret her ideas from the perspective of recent research. We will also discuss the question of the possible utilisation of amber from western Ukraine’s Klesov deposit, which is very similar to succinite. This article focuses especially on the question of how we can understand the meaning of amber in the Bronze Age and suggests the idea that amber had a symbolic rather than economic value in the local Eastern Baltic societies. Keywords: prehistoric amber, intercultural exchange, succinite, aDNA, symbolic value.

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Amber Discs with Cross Decoration

Cited by 2 publications

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Stone Age imitation of a slotted bone point from Pärnu River (south-western Estonia)

Stone Age imitation of a slotted bone point from Pärnu River (south-western Estonia)

Professor Marija Gimbutas’ adventure with prehistoric amber and the results for us

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