Shell beads and social behaviour in Pleistocene Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3440352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Balme (0000-0003-1387-9379, The University of Western Australia), Kate Morse (0000-0001-8917-3167, The University of Western Australia) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 310 |
| Pages | 799-811 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00094436 |
| OpenAlex | W2257591639 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 51 |
| References cited | 31 |
Why did Palaeolithic people wear shells, and why was the practice so widespread in the world? The authors' own researches in Western Australia show that specific marine shells were targeted, subject to special processes of manufacture into beads and that some had travelled hundreds of kilometres from their source. Whether they were brought in land by the manufacturers, or by specially ornamented people, these beads provided a symbolic language that somehow kept the early peoples of Australia in touch with the sea
Archaeology · Bead · Civil engineering · Ethnology · Geography · Pleistocene · Shell (structure · Subject (documents · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Engineering · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 49 |