Archeomalacology (Other Keyword)

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Archaeomalacological Significance of the Hall Shelter, Perry County, Kentucky (1984)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter T. Bobrowsky. Thomas W. Gatus.

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TThe Use of Shells as Personal Ornaments in Liguria during the Upper Paleolithic: A Review (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Silvia Gazzo. Fabio Negrino. Julien Riel-Salvatore.

This is an abstract from the "Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of Liguria: Recent Research and Insights" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Personal ornaments are commonly attributed to a modern human dispersal in western Asia and Europe, representing a veritable key tool for understanding the human dispersal out of Africa. Objects loaded with symbolic meaning such as beads made from modified marine shells were largely used during the Upper Paleolithic in...