U-Shaped 'Ornaments' Identified as Finger-Loops from Atlatls
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2563923 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gordon F Ekholm (American Museum of Natural History, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 181-185 |
| Publication date | 1962-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/278375 |
| OpenAlex | W2329644439 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 1 |
U-shaped objects of shell or stone that occur commonly in northern and western Mexico have usually been identified as nose or ear ornaments. It has been found, however, that shell objects of this type appear as lashed-on finger-loops on two Mexican atlatls preserved in European museums, and this serves to identify the whole class of objects. A brief survey of the distribution of such finger-loops is given
Archaeology · Genealogy · Geography · Ornaments · Shell (structure) · Style (visual arts) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Engineering · Geology · Historical Studies on Spain · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Paleontology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1971 - 2023 (53) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |