Wednesday, April 11, 2007

eaa zadar 2007 - a spondylus session


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Spondylus in European Prehistory: New Data and Approaches
A Session on the Archaeology of Shell Technologies
Organizers
Dr. Marianna Nikolaidou
[Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, USA]

Fotis Ifantidis, MA
[Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece]


The forthcoming
European Association of Archaeologists meeting in Zadar provides a great opportunity for discussing 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.

Posters and papers to be presented are related to the following topics:

• New excavated data [data from prehistoric sites in European, Balkan and Aegean contexts] or syntheses of older material
• Laboratory analyses of raw material source and procurement
Spondylus distributions, inter-site and intra-site
• Fragmentation / re-fitting studies of Spondylus annulets

• The biographical approach: procuring, crafting, using, recycling, destroying and hoarding Spondylus artifacts
• Experimental reproductions of manufacture / the use of the ethnographic resources
Spondylus in the wider context of prehistoric adornment types
Spondylus 'mythologies' world-wide: Ancient and modern

Papers (June the 13th - abstracts to follow):
Christian Schuster Spondylus in Romania: Old and new data
Zsuzsanna Siklósi & Piroska Csengeri Reconsideration of Spondylus usage in the Middle and Late Neolithic Carpathian Basin
Corneliu Beldiman & Diana-Maria Sztancs Spondylus Ornaments of the Early Neolithic found in Transylvania and Banat
Jan John Status of Spondylus Artefacts within the LBK Grave Goods
Nina Kyparissi Spondylus Objects from Theopetra Cave in Thessaly: Imported of Local Production?
Fotis Ifantidis Spondylus and Glycimeris personal adornment stories at Neolithic Dispilio, Greece
Marianna Nikolaidou Crafting Shell for Adornment: A Ritualized Technology in the Neolithic Aegean?
John Chapman, Bisserka Gaydarska, Ruslan Kostov, Ana Raduntcheva & Irko Petrov Local shell ornament production in South East Bulgaria
Florin Draşoveanu The Spondylus finds as prestige items
Lilian Karali Shells in Prehistoric Societies. From West to East: A Preliminary Approach
Adrián Velázquez, Zúñiga Arellano & Valentín Maldonado The Prehispanic Spondylus shell garment from Tula, Mexico
Posters (June the 13th- abstracts to follow):
Benjamin Carter Why do we Love Spondylus? A Global View from South America
Bisserka Gaydarska, Evangelia Skafida, Stella Souvatzi & John Chapman Re-fitting Spondylus shell ring fragments at Late Neolithic Dimini: Biographical tales and social consequences
Fotis Ifantidis Visualizing Spondylus
Darko Komšo The Spondylus finds from Kargadur, Croatia
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