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Nikolaidou, Marianna; Shackleton, Nicholas J; Miller, Michele L.

doi:10.2307/j.ctvhhhftq.12

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“…The situation in the Aegean is clearly different, with numerous unmodified valves and large quantities of production debris, waste and half‐finished products found at fifth millennium sites (Halstead 1993; Nikolaidou 2003, 338–44; Shackleton 2003). 21 It is remarkable that the conspicuous increase in spondylus objects at the cemetery of Durankulak coincided with a boom in spondylus processing at north Aegean sites such as Sitagroi III (Nikolaidou 2003, fig. 9.2).…”

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“…On the north Aegean coast and in its vicinity shell bracelets were found at Sitagroi I and II, Dikili Tash, Servia, Nea Nikomedia (Nikolaidou 2003, 337). On the Adriatic coast and in the interior of the west Balkans they also appeared in the late sixth and early fifth mill., at sites of the Danilo, Kakanj, and Vinca A groups (Müller 1997; Dimitrijevic and Tripkovic 2006, 248).…”

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“…21 21 For example, at Dimini were found 404 fragments of worked spondylus, including blanks, waste, unfinished objects, unworked shells; types included rings, cylindrical beads, buttons (Tsuneki 1989, 8). At Sitagroi II and III and Dikili Tash spondylus finds, including unworked valves and ‘preforms at various stages of manufacture’, were also very numerous; types included bangles, discoid and cylinder beads, buttons, pendants (Nikolaidou 2003). Unfinished objects were also found in Dimitra and Makriyalos (Nikolaidou 2003, 339). …”

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“…At Sitagroi II and III and Dikili Tash spondylus finds, including unworked valves and ‘preforms at various stages of manufacture’, were also very numerous; types included bangles, discoid and cylinder beads, buttons, pendants (Nikolaidou 2003). Unfinished objects were also found in Dimitra and Makriyalos (Nikolaidou 2003, 339).…”

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“…23 23 For dentalium in the Aegean see Karali (1999, 37) and Nikolaidou (2003, 344); ornaments of dentalium were common at sites in northern Greece in the middle and late Neolithic (late sixth and fifth mill. ), e.g.…”

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Perilous Waters: Early Maritime Trade Along the Western Coast of the Black Sea (Fifth Millennium Bc)

Ivanova

2012

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary A heavy accumulation of exotica and valuables, such as gold, copper, carnelian and Mediterranean shells, distinguishes the Black Sea littoral from other parts of the east Balkans in the fifth millennium BC.1 Recent discoveries shed new light on the trading connections of the coastal communities and indicate that maritime activity was germane to the origin of their extraordinary wealth. This article investigates the involvement of the coastal inhabitants with the sea. It addresses the ecological conditions and the technical parameters of prehistoric seafaring on the west coast of the Black Sea, considers the remains of marine species in the faunal record as an indication of maritime experience, and examines the artefactual record for signs of movement of goods and people between the coastal communities. The combination of these separate lines of evidence points to a maritime trading route joining the resource‐poor north with the resource‐rich south of the littoral in the Chalcolithic period. Moreover, it implies that sea‐borne trade not only enabled the accumulation of material wealth, but also was pivotal for social change.

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