Ornaments and other ambiguous artifacts from Franchthi. Volume 2, The Neolithic / Catherine Perles with the collaboration of Sandrine Bonnardin, Benoit Mille and Patrick Pion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perlès, Catherine, author.

Bonnardin, Sandrine, author.

Mille, Benoit, 1970- author.

Pion, Patrick, author.

Series:

Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece ; Fascicle 16.

Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece ; Fascicle 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franchthi Cave (Greece).

Greece--Antiquities.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The famous Franchthi Cave excavations in Greece brought to light an exceptionally long sequence of ornaments, spanning from the earliest Upper Paleolithic to the end of the Neolithic. This volume focuses on the Neolithic, whose assemblages are far more diversified than those of earlier times. The introduction during the Neolithic of entirely artificial shapes, geometric and anthropomorphic, creates a marked departure from earlier periods and shows new directions in creativity by the bead makers. It also denotes a conceptual break in the treatment of shell, no longer solely a natural element barely modified by perforation, but now also a raw material rendered anonymous by workmanship. Due to the systematic sieving of the sediments and its location by the sea, the Franchthi cave and its outdoor settlement, the Paralia, yielded one of the richest collection of ornaments for Neolithic Greece.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One. A Compulsory Detour Through Discussions of Procedures

Constitution of the Corpus

Sampling Strategies

Identifications, Observations and Recording

"User-friendly" Denominations and Specially Devised Typologies

Descriptive Terminology

Franchthi Neolithic Ornament Phases

The Initial Neolithic

Chapter Two. Newcomers or Local Groups? The Initial Neolithic Assemblage

Discontinuities: The Introduction of Geometric Ornaments

Discoid Cardiidae Beads

A Very Early Spondylus Bead

A Long Barrel-shaped Bead of Micaschist or Clay

The Earliest Known Spondylus Annulet

A Unique Perforated Bulla striata

Continuity: The Predominance of Cyclopes, Dove Shells and Tusk Shells

The Reappearance of Small Tusk Shell Segments

A Shift in Use of the Cyclopes

Columbella rustica: Anthropic and Natural Perforations

Newcomers, Local Groups or Mixed Groups?

The Elusive Origin of the Neolithic Component

The Initial Neolithic Ornaments: A Distinctive Assemblage

The Early Neolithic

Chapter Three. An Overview of Early Neolithic Ornament Assemblages

Caracterisation of Franchthi Neolithic Ornament Phase 1

Dating of FNOP 1

Composition of the FNOP 1 Assemblage

Traditional and New Raw Materials

From Blanks to Broken Ornaments

Chapter Four. Colourful Beads, Pendants and Studs

Technical and Morphological Diversity among Pendants

Pendant Blanks: Local Manufacturing and Apprentices

Stone and Shell Pendants

Perforated Tooth

Studs

Stone Beads

Some Mixed Early Neolithic/ Early Middle Neolithic Artifacts of Interest

Chapter Five. The Cerastoderma Bead Production: A Case of Apprenticeship?

The Cerastoderma Bead Production at Franchthi: A Debated Issue

A Biased Representation of the Bead Making Production: Drills and Bead Waste

The Production Sequence

Variants in the Chaîne Operatoire of Production

Deviant Specimens

Learning the Skill: Novices Practicing

Conclusion: All Crafts Must be Learnt and Novices Leave Traces Behind Them

Chapter Six. Perforated Shells: Traditional Types and New Standards

Columbella rustica

Tritia neritea: The Same, but Not Quite!

Why So Many Unperforated Dove Shells and Cyclopes?

Cowries and Other Rare Incised Shells: Ornaments?

Early Neolithic 'Conus Beads'

A Single Naturally Worn Hexaplex trunculus Fragment

Rare Tusk Shells

Perforated Cerastoderma glaucum: Rejected!

Chapter Seven. Early Neolithic WATs

Chapter Eight. Early Neolithic Innovations

Initial Neolithic and Early Neolithic Assemblages

"The Simplicity of Early Neolithic Ornaments

Long-Distance Transfers

Producing the Ornaments: Domestic Production and Specialised Production

Local Preferences and Widespread Morphotypes

The Importance of Being Coastal

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Perlès, Catherine Ornaments and Other Ambiguous Artifacts from Franchthi

ISBN:

9780253067760

0253067766

9780253067777

0253067774

OCLC:

1405367493