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Amber imitation? Two unusual cases of Pinus resin-coated beads in Iberian Late Prehistory (3rd and 2nd millennia BC).
- Source :
- PLoS ONE; 5/3/2019, Vol. 14 Issue 5, p1-24, 24p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- A group of beads from the artificial cave of La Molina (Lora de Estepa, Sevilla) and Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Barcelona) were made from a biogenic raw material and intentionally covered by a layer of resin. This is the first time this type of treatment has been documented on elements of adornment in the Late Prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula. The composition and nature of the coatings are analysed and the symbolic role of such alterations and imitations of prehistoric adornments is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ARCHAEOLOGY
PINE
EARTH sciences
MATERIALS science
PINACEAE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 136230878
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215469