Marine shell hoard from the Late Neolithic site of Čepin-Ovčara (Slavonia, Croatia)

Tripković, Boban; Dimitrijević, Vesna; Rajković, Dragana

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“…However, in almost all archaeological instances, Glycymeris shells were used as complete valves, sometimes strung through their perforated umbo or the distal part of their valves were used as half-moon pendants, likely attached using a string around their middle ( e.g. , Álvarez-Fernández, 2010 ; Anfossi, 1972 ; Bar-Yosef Mayer et al ., 2009 ; Borić & Cristiani, 2019 ; Borrello, 2004 ; Micheli, 2004 ; Peresani et al ., 2019 ; Rivière, 1887 ; Tripković et al ., 2016 ; Vanhaeren & d’Errico, 2011 ). In European sites, up to recently, single Glycymeris perforations were always found on the umbo (Taborin, 1993 , p. 284).…”

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“…Glycymeris shells have been very popular throughout prehistory; they were found in Middle Paleolithic sites (Zilhão et al, 2010) as well as Middle-Eastern and African Middle Stone Age sites more than 90,000 years old (Bar-Yosef Mayer et al, 2009;Vanhaeren et al, 2013). However, in almost all archaeological instances, Glycymeris shells were used as complete valves, sometimes strung through their perforated umbo or the distal part of their valves were used as half-moon pendants, likely attached using a string around their middle (e.g., Álvarez-Fernández, 2010;Anfossi, 1972;Bar-Yosef Mayer et al, 2009;Borić & Cristiani, 2019;Borrello, 2004;Micheli, 2004;Peresani et al, 2019;Rivière, 1887;Tripković et al, 2016;Vanhaeren & d'Errico, 2011). In European sites, up to recently, single Glycymeris perforations were always found on the umbo (Taborin, 1993, p. 284).…”

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The Ornaments of the Arma Veirana Early Mesolithic Infant Burial

Gravel-Miguel

Cristiani

Hodgkins

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J Archaeol Method Theory

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Personal ornaments are widely viewed as indicators of social identity and personhood. Ornaments are ubiquitous from the Late Pleistocene to the Holocene, but they are most often found as isolated objects within archaeological assemblages without direct evidence on how they were displayed. This article presents a detailed record of the ornaments found in direct association with an Early Mesolithic buried female infant discovered in 2017 at the site of Arma Veirana (Liguria, Italy). It uses microscopic, 3D, and positional analyses of the ornaments as well as a preliminary perforation experiment to document how they were perforated, used, and what led to their deposit as part of the infant’s grave goods. This study provides important information on the use of beads in the Early Mesolithic, in general, as well as the relationship between beads and young subadults, in particular. The results of the study suggest that the beads were worn by members of the infant’s community for a considerable period before they were sewn onto a sling, possibly used to keep the infant close to the parents while allowing their mobility, as seen in some modern forager groups. The baby was then likely buried in this sling to avoid reusing the beads that had failed to protect her or simply to create a lasting connection between the deceased infant and her community.

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The Ornaments of the Arma Veirana Early Mesolithic Infant Burial

Gravel-Miguel

Cristiani

Hodgkins

et al. 2022

J Archaeol Method Theory

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“…ja želeo da stavi akcenat upravo nakit, čime se, osim potencijalnog statusa žene, možda pre ističe neka posebna prilika ili važan događaj. Aplikacije u obliku diska na figurinama povezane su sa nakitom od školjke spondilus, posebno na osnovu nalaza ostave sa ostacima pojasa i ogrlice sa lokaliteta Čepin-Ovčara (Tripković et al 2016). Na ovom mestu valja se podsetiti i činjenice da je nakit od spondilusa prepoznat kao vrsta prestižnih predmeta (Siklósi 2004), isključivo povezanih sa ženama.…”

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Late Neolithic Figurines as an Expression of Social Inequality

Vuković

2022

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Building upon the idea of Douglass Bailey (1994) that prehistoric figurines represent actual individuals, it is suggested here that their makers represented people in the manner they perceived them, following the role models familiar from their own society. This further implies that, on the grounds of certain indicators, it may be possible to identify social differences depending on the age, sex/gender, and possibly other modes of inequality. An attempt is made here to define the criteria identifying the markers – indicators of inequality, such as: representations of hair style and jewellery, size of figurines, as well as the correlation between these indicators and the details on the figurines’ bodies pointing to their sex/gender or age. In the assemblage from the site Pavlovac-Čukar, the correlation has been established between the representations ascribed as male and massive bangle bracelets and belts, indicating that adult male individuals of higher status were marked out by the number of bangles and the way of wearing the belt. A similar suggestion is proposed concerning the large-size figurines, marked with incisions perhaps representing tattoo marks, with looser breasts, indicating the possibility that older women obtained higher social status than the young ones. It is worth noting that in the case of the Vinča figurines little attention is paid to the representation of hair style, although it has been established that in the preindustrial societies, hair is an important indicator of social status, even more than jewellery. Hair length, specific hair styles, as well as various ornaments placed here, indicate sex/gender and social differences, various group and individual identities, as well as aesthetic ideas. Two heads from Čukar, as well as the one from Predionica, perform specific hair styles – hair shorter, reaching just below ears, and the crown is shaven. Bearing in mind that these figurines may show portrait characteristics, it may be suggested that these individuals may have achieved higher social status.

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“…Pojava metala na ovim prostorima krajem eneolitika i početkom brončanog doba dokumentirana je i kroz nalaz par srebrnih sjekira iz Starih Jankovaca (Balen and Mihelić 2003). Osim dragocjenih metala, poznate su i ostave nakita i predmeta korištenih u izradi nakita poput ostave predmeta od morskih školjki sa sopotskog lokaliteta Čepin Ovčara (Tripković et al 2016). Takvi nalazi skupnih predmeta pa još od dragocjenih materijala privlače pažnju svih i stvaraju poveznicu i interes za druge skupne predmete.…”

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Written in Stone, Cast in Bronze: Durability of Archaeological Interpretation of Prehistoric Hoards in the Valley of Sava

Klindžić

Kalafatić

Mihaljević³

2020

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The process of archaeological inference begins prior to the beginning of interpretation or even the actual discovery of a particular object. Certain objects, materials, or groups of finds raise more intense interest among researchers and general public alike. Object made of precious materials and minerals are particularly attractive, especially if they are recovered from even more attractive contexts such as richly furnished graves or groups of objects found together – hoards. Objects deposited in groups of identical or similar artefacts, particularly if laid into a recipient such as a vessel or a casket, have raised attention for centuries or even longer. Researchers and general audience are equally interested in hoards consisting of precious metals, jewellery, weapons, and principally of coins. In the context of archaeological research and interpretation, hoards consisting of ordinary everyday objects, such as raw and semi-processed materials and tools, also figure prominently. In their form and context, they are similar to hoards containing precious objects, and are therefore intriguing to researchers, since it is expected that some of enduring questions on behaviour of prehistoric people, especially in symbolic domain, will be solved by examining these finds. Ascribing symbolic meaning to hoards has been the constant practice of archaeologists from the times of formation of professional archaeology till today. This text is a review of interpretations of stone and bronze hoards, registered in the region of the valley of Sava, and dated into late Neolithic and Late Bronze Age. The exceptionality of the finds in the perception of archaeologists dictates the archaeological interpretation, not only of the particular find, but also of the whole context. Hoards and depositions, along with many other archaeological assemblages of finds, are mainly interpreted according to the dominant narrative and conceptual framework of prehistoric society as the one of primordial communities, whose every action is imbued by ritual and mystery, at the same time being exceptionally rational in their economic relations.

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Marine shell hoard from the Late Neolithic site of Čepin-Ovčara (Slavonia, Croatia)

Cited by 6 publications

References 7 publications

The Ornaments of the Arma Veirana Early Mesolithic Infant Burial

The Ornaments of the Arma Veirana Early Mesolithic Infant Burial

Late Neolithic Figurines as an Expression of Social Inequality

Written in Stone, Cast in Bronze: Durability of Archaeological Interpretation of Prehistoric Hoards in the Valley of Sava

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