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Table of Contents

Prologue
Preface
1. Goals and Methods

Ornaments and Ornamental Species of the Paleolithic

2. Environmental Data: Past Shorelines and Potential Resources
3. The Exploitation of Cyclope neritea and Cyclope pellucida
4. A Problematic Ornament Type: Antalis sp., the Tusk Shell
5. Columbella rustica, Rare but Heavily Worn Dove Shell Beads
6. Rare Paleolithic Ornament Type
7. Diachronic Variations
8. Franchthi Paleolithic Ornaments: A Uniquely Restricted and Stable Range?

Ornaments and Ornamental Shells of the Mesolithic

9. Continuity in a Changing Environment
10. A Massively Predominant Species: Cyclope neritea
11. Abundant Mesolithic Columbella rustica
12. Mesolithic Antalis sp.: A Homogeneous Assemblage
13. Rare Mesolithic Ornament Types
14. Abundance and Restriction: An Overview of the Franchthi Mesolithic Ornament Assemblages

Epilogue
Appendices
References
Index

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/01/2018
      ISBN13: 9780253031846, 978-0253031846
      ISBN10: 0253031842

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      Prologue
      Preface
      1. Goals and Methods

      Ornaments and Ornamental Species of the Paleolithic

      2. Environmental Data: Past Shorelines and Potential Resources
      3. The Exploitation of Cyclope neritea and Cyclope pellucida
      4. A Problematic Ornament Type: Antalis sp., the Tusk Shell
      5. Columbella rustica, Rare but Heavily Worn Dove Shell Beads
      6. Rare Paleolithic Ornament Type
      7. Diachronic Variations
      8. Franchthi Paleolithic Ornaments: A Uniquely Restricted and Stable Range?

      Ornaments and Ornamental Shells of the Mesolithic

      9. Continuity in a Changing Environment
      10. A Massively Predominant Species: Cyclope neritea
      11. Abundant Mesolithic Columbella rustica
      12. Mesolithic Antalis sp.: A Homogeneous Assemblage
      13. Rare Mesolithic Ornament Types
      14. Abundance and Restriction: An Overview of the Franchthi Mesolithic Ornament Assemblages

      Epilogue
      Appendices
      References
      Index

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