Chronological and genetic analysis of an Upper Palaeolithic female infant burial from Borsuka Cave, Poland [PDF]
iScience, 2023 Summary: Six infant human teeth and 112 animal tooth pendants from Borsuka Cave were identified as the oldest burial in Poland. However, uncertainties around the dating and the association of the teeth to the pendants have precluded their association ...
Helen Fewlass +7 more
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A Database of Lapidary Artifacts in the Caribbean for the Ceramic Age
Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 2021 Lapidary artifacts show an impressive abundance and diversity during the Ceramic period in the Caribbean islands, especially at the beginning of this period.
Alain Queffelec +2 more
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Medieval jewelry at the “Palace Center – East” site in Pliska
Приноси към българската археология, 2021 This paper presents jewelry falling into two categories, divided by their material composition – a group of metal items, and a group made from glass. They were found during archaeological excavations of the “Palace Center – East” site in Pliska.
Valeri Grigorov
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Reflection of Arctic geocultures in the sounding attributes of the shaman costumes of Sakha, Evenks and Nganasans [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2022 The purpose of this research is to study the sounding pendants on the shamanic costume of the Evenks, Sakha and Nganasans in the unity of the shamanic ritual complex and ritual musical traditions.
Dobzhanskaya Oksana +2 more
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Charm pendants found among the Roman-time antiquities of the south-eastern Baltic region
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2020 The article is aimed at tracing the origin of Roman pendants (referred to as ‘charms’ in Baltic archaeology), dating them and, if possible, determining their semantic meaning. The analysis of these artefacts, found among the antiquities from the mouth of
V.I. Kulakov
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Glass Pendants in the Form of a Waterfowl from the Territory of the Volga-Don Region (13th–14th cc.)
Археология евразийских степей, 2022 The paper features the results of a study of glass pendants in the form of a waterfowl (duck). They were discovered in the burials of the 13th-14th centuries in the Volga-Don region, and in the territory of the Golden Horde cities as a result of ...
Kuryshova Natalya P.
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Between the Nile and the Ocean. The bead assemblage from Shenshef in the Eastern Desert (4th–6th centuries AD) [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2017 More than 200 beads and pendants were found in seven trash middens excavated at the 4th/5th to the 6th century AD settlement site in Shenshef in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.
Joanna Then-Obłuska
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Arched Decorations from Burial Grounds in the Vetluga-Vyatka Interfluve of 10th – 11th Centuries
Поволжская археология, 2021 The article deals with arched decorations from the burial grounds in the Vetluga–Vyatka interfluve of the 9th – 10th centuries. Some of the decorations are introduced into scientific discourse for the first time.
Nikitina Tatyana B.
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The naturally occurring radioactivity of 'scalar energy' pendants and concomitant radiation risk.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Forming part of a study of radiological risk arising from use of radioactive consumer products, investigation is made of pendants containing naturally occurring radioactive material. Based on use of gamma-ray spectrometry and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations,
Halmat Jalal Hassan +7 more
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Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2023 The objective of this article is a comparative and functional analysis of the necklace that accompanies the clothing of the Maiden of Llullaillaco and the miniature pendants that hung from the two metallic tupus that close the acsu of the Maiden of ...
Dagmar Bachraty, Caroline Nautré
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