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

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ID18964366
AuthorsBoban Tripković (0000-0002-8703-2683, University of Belgrade, corresponding author), Vesna Dimitrijević (0000-0001-8121-5457, University of Belgrade), Dragana Rajković (0000-0002-0115-7312)
Year2016
Volume43
Pages343-362
Publication date2016-12-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDocumenta Praehistorica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1408-967X • E-ISSN: 1854-2492
PublisherUniversity of Ljubljana (PUBLISHER • SI)
DOI10.4312/dp.43.17
OpenAlexW2581052266
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

The focus of this paper is the ornament hoard from the Sopot culture site of Čepin-Ovčara in eastern Slavonia (the Republic of Croatia). The hoard contained pendants and beads made of shells of marine clam Spondylus gaederopus and scaphopod Antalis vulgaris. The paper analyses the context and use wear of the objects in the hoard. The results form a basis for: the reconstruction of the role of some of the items and the ways in which they were worn; the premise that the dynamics and mechanisms of acquisition of ornaments made of the two Mediterranean mollusc species could have differed; and the identification of a cross-cultural pattern of deposition of ornament hoards

Archaeology · Geography · Hoard · Ornaments · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Marine and environmental studies · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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