Personal ornaments, Neolithic groups and social identities: some insights into Northern Italy

Documenta Praehistorica

Roberto Micheli

关键词: s personal ornaments;    regional groups;    Early and Middle Neolithic;    Impressed/Cardial Ware culture;    Po Plain Neolithic groups;    Square Mouthed Pottery culture;   

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: Univerza v Ljubljani * Filozofska Fakulteta / University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Philosophy

【 摘 要 】

Personal ornaments are often used to display information about the person wearing them – identity, group or individual, status, current role. In this paper, I analyse ornaments from osseous raw materials from Early and Middle Neolithic sites in Serbia. The exotic origin and labour and skill invested in their production may have conferred value on them or added to it and their animal origin was considered of special significance. Specific forms conveyed information on status and/or social identity (membership of kin or social group, etc.) and their white colour probably had more than mere aesthetic significance.

【 授权许可】

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