8500-year-old Late Mesolithic garment embroidery from Vlasac (Serbia): Technological, use-wear and residue analyses

Cristiani, Emanuela and Boric, Dusan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0166-627X 2012. 8500-year-old Late Mesolithic garment embroidery from Vlasac (Serbia): Technological, use-wear and residue analyses. Journal of Archaeological Science 39 (11) , pp. 3450-3469. 10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.016

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Abstract

This paper presents results of contextual, technological, use-wear and residue analyses of body ornaments from two Late Mesolithic burials recently excavated at the site of Vlasac in the Danube Gorges of the central Balkans. Common to both burials are ornaments made from modified and unmodified carp (Cyprinidae sp.) pharyngeal ‘teeth’ along with Cyclope neritea marine gastropods. Experimental and low and high magnification use-wear approaches have been employed in reconstructing the way these ornaments were made and used. The precise contextual distribution of these ornaments has been recorded for the first time. The two examined burials exhibit a number of similarities, particularly in the way ornaments were placed in relation to the body. Both burials are also contemporaneous, dated to the mid-7th millennium BC. Implications of these findings for Mesolithic foragers' corporeal symbolism, group identity and regional and long-distance acquisition networks are briefly examined.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology D History General and Old World > D History (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Body decoration; The Danube Gorges; Vlasac; Mesolithic; Cyprinidae teeth; Cyclope neritea
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0305-4403
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 10:09
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/39264

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