Original scientific paper
Chasing Snails From Coast to Inland and Back: Perforated Marine and Freshwater Snail Shells as an Indication of Regional Exchange Systems During the Mesolithic in Croatia
Darko Komšo
orcid.org/0000-0001-9772-7481
; Archaeological Museum of Istria, Pula, Croatia
Nikola Vukosavljević
orcid.org/0000-0002-9369-2813
; Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivor Karavanić
orcid.org/0000-0003-1452-8394
; Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA
Preston Miracle
; Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK
Abstract
Perforated shells figure prominently in discussions of exchange systems
and body ornamentation during the Mesolithic in Europe. In this
paper we discuss assemblages of perforated snail shells recovered from
recent excavations of Mesolithic sites in Croatia. Numerous finds
are found in several sites in Northern Adriatic and in Zala Cave
in Croatia’s inland region of Ogulin-Plaški intermountain valley.
Perforated marine and freshwater snail shells from both regions suggest
the existence of regional exchange systems during the Mesolithic
between coastal and inland areas.
Keywords
Mesolithic; perforated snail shells; body ornaments; exchange systems; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
249590
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Publication date:
21.12.2020.
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