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Managing raw materials in Vinča culture: a case study of osseous raw materials from Vitkovo [PDF]
Documenta Praehistorica, 2013 In analyses of material recovered from archaeological sites, a dichotomy often exists between ‘specialist’ and ‘archaeological’ studies. This is especially noticeable in the case of faunal remains and bone artefacts. Bone artefacts are sometimes treated
Selena Vitezović, Jelena Bulatović
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Exploitation of Osseous Materials During the Mesolithic in the Iron Gates
Open Archaeology, 2023 The Mesolithic settlements on the left bank of the Danube in the Iron Gates have yielded numerous artefacts made of osseous materials. Products and sub-products of the chaîne opératoire are present, suggesting in situ manufacturing of the finished items.
Mărgărit Monica +3 more
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MANAGING RAW MATERIALS IN PREHISTORY: THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING OSSEOUS RAW MATERIALS
Opuscula Archaeologica, 2018 The analysis of raw material acquiring and managing is the first, and one of the most important steps in the techno- logical analysis. For prehistoric communities, particularly important were the raw materials of animal origin, which were used in almost all the cultures and all the periods for producing diverse everyday tools and decorative items. They
Selena Vitezović
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Osseous Raw Materials in the Vinèa Culture
, 2013 This paper will focus on the analysis of raw and worked osseous materials from several Vinča culture (Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic) sites from central Balkans (Vinča, Kormadin, Selevac, Divostin, Grivac, Drenovac, Slatina, Stragari) – the methods of acquiring of raw materials and managing of available raw materials for certain types of objects ...
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Latvijas Universitātes Žurnāls. Vēsture, 2023 Stone Age bone and antler implements are an essential study material, as they contain important information on hunter-gatherer tool making technology, dynamics in hunted animal species, choices of raw materials and much more.
Tomas Rimkus
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Neolithisation of technology: innovation and tradition in the Starčevo culture osseous industry
Documenta Praehistorica, 2016 The earliest Neolithic cultures in Southeast Europe brought significant changes in many aspects of everyday life, in subsistence, settlement patterns, architecture, and also ritual aspects.
Selena Vitezović
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he Neolithic bone industry from the site of Slatina–Paraćin (excavations of 1962–1985)
Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2021 The site of Slatina in the vicinity of the town of Paraćin (Serbia), in the valley of Velika Morava River, was a large Neolithic settlement, with substantial remains attributed to the Late Neolithic Vinča culture.
Vitezović, S.
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The white beauty – Starčevo culture jewellery
Documenta Praehistorica, 2012 The Neolithic is an interesting phase for observing the changes which affected the material culture and the ideology of the prehistoric groups in Europe. The production of personal ornaments improved and new types appeared. A new kind of adornment object
Selena Vitezović
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Personal ornaments, Neolithic groups and social identities: some insights into Northern Italy
Documenta Praehistorica, 2012 Personal ornaments are often used to display information about the person wearing them – identity, group or individual, status, current role. In this paper, I analyse ornaments from osseous raw materials from Early and Middle Neolithic sites in Serbia ...
Roberto Micheli
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Scientific Reports, 2019 AbstractLate Pleistocene societies throughout the northern hemisphere used mammoth and mastodon ivory not only for art and adornment, but also for tools, in particular projectile points. A comparative analysis of the mechanical properties of tusk dentine from woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) and African elephant (Loxodonta africana) reveals ...
Pfeifer, Sebastian J. +3 more
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