Ornaments and Other Ambiguous Artifacts from Franchthi

Catherine Perlès

Description

The famous Franchthi Cave excavations in Greece brought to light an exceptionally long sequence of ornaments, spanning from the earliest Upper Paleolithic to the end of the Neolithic. This volume focuses on the Neolithic, whose assemblages are far more diversified than those of earlier times. The introduction during the Neolithic of entirely artificial shapes, geometric and anthropomorphic, creates a marked departure from earlier periods and shows new directions in creativity by the bead makers. It also denotes a conceptual break in the treatment of shell, no longer solely a natural element barely modified by perforation, but now also a raw material rendered anonymous by workmanship. Due to the systematic sieving of the sediments and its location by the sea, the Franchthi cave and its outdoor settlement, the Paralia, yielded one of the richest collection of ornaments for Neolithic Greece.

Preface
Introduction
1. A Compulsory Detour Through Discussions of Procedures
Part I: The Initial Neolithic
2. Newcomers or Local Groups? The Initial Neolithic Assemblage
Part II: The Early Neolithic
3. An Overview of Early Neolithic Ornament Assemblages
4. Colourful Beads, Pendants, and Studs
5. The Cerastoderma Bead Production: A Case of Apprenticeship?
6. Perforated Shells: Traditional Types and New Standards
7. Early Neolithic WATs
8. Early Neolithic Innovations
Part III: The Middle Neolithic
9. An Overview of Middle Neolithic Ornament Assemblages
10. Variation in Middle Neolithic Beads and Pendants
11. Perforated and Unperforated Shells: More Questions
12. Middle Neolithic WATs
13. Middle Neolithic Ornaments in Context
Part IV: The Late Neolithic
14. An Overview of Late Neolithic Assemblages
15. Late Neolithic Discoid and Cylindrical Beads: Variation in Black and White
16. Late Neolithic Ornaments other than Beads
17. The Puzzle(s) of the Late Neolithic
Part V: The Final Neolithic
18. The Final Neolithic: A Return to Traditional Values
19. Material from Mixed Contexts
Epilogue: Lessons from a Diversified Sequence
Appendix 1: Distribution of the Material by Unit in the Main Sequences Studied
Appendix 2: Mission archéométrique de caractérisation des matériauxlithiques de parure du site de Franchthi (Grèce), juillet 2010 by B. Mille
Appendix 3: List of Catalogued Pieces Considered Unworked or Reattributedand not Mentioned in the Text
Appendix 4: List of Shells Considered as Naturally or Accidentally Perforated
Appendix 5: Shell Tools
Appendix 6: Spondylus Valves
Appendix 7: Polished Steatite Artifacts
References
Index

Sujets

• Seashells
• HISTORY
• Histoire
• Archaeology
• Seashell
• Ancient history
• Ancient
• Stone Age
• Greece

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 05 décembre 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253067777
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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