[Bonetools] Call For Papers/Posters: EAA Zadar Spondylus Session

[Fotis Ifantidis]

 13th EAA Annual Meeting, Croatia, Zarad - 18/23 September 2007 
Thematic Block: Archaeology and Material Culture - Interpreting the Archaeological Record



Spondylus in European Prehistory: New Data and Approaches

A Session on the Archaeology of Shell Technologies



Organizers

Fotis Ifantidis, MA

[Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece] fotisif at hotmail.com

Dr. Marianna Nikolaidou

[Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, USA] marianna at ucla.edu




This session seeks to discuss thoroughly the Spondylus 'phenomenon' in European prehistoric contexts. It brings

together new archaeological data, methodological advances, and current interpretations for the study of this

important material. Further understanding comes from Spondylus comparanda in other parts of the world and

from the wider context of ancient shell technologies.



We invite posters and papers related, but not limited to the following topics [deadline 31 May]:

  a.. New excavated data or syntheses of older material
  b.. Laboratory analyses of raw material source and procurement
  c.. Dietary and non-dietary uses of Spondylus
  d.. Spondylus distributions, inter- and intra-site
  e.. Fragmentation / re-fitting studies of Spondylus annulets
  f.. Experimental reproductions of manufacture
  g.. The biographical approach: procuring, crafting, using, recycling, destroying and hoarding Spondylus
  h.. Stylistic questions: 'V-Klappe', 'V-notched', 'bi-winged' or 'entailles' artifacts
  i.. Spondylus in the wider context of prehistoric adornment
  j.. Symbolic, ritual, and social aspects of shell technologies
  k.. Spondylus 'mythologies' world-wide: ancient and modern
A Spondylus-related bibliography [1959-2007, concerning European, Balkan and Aegean contexts] is accessible in http://visualizing-neolithic.blogspot.com/2007/04/eaa-zadar-2007-spondylus-session.html





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