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Contact, circulation, exchange. Proceedings of the Modified Bone & Shell UISPP Commission Conference (2-3 March 2017, University of Trnava)

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This book is intended for prehistorians, medievalists and antiquarians. The volume consists of ten articles on the theme of 'contact, circulation and exchange', based on our knowledge of worked hard materials of animal origin (shell, tusk, bone, antler). The authors have varied academic backgrounds that enhance the archaeological analyses carried out often at first hand on numerous collections from the Old and New Worlds. Evidence of contact between past populations with distinct technical traditions is found in the dynamic imposed by using certain crafting, such as the stone pressure flaking (7,000 BC). Another kind of stimulus may have given rise to a tool with a specific use in relation to migration times, such as the sumak (300 BC-600 AD). Apart from the attraction of a novel technique or a new equipment, it is the attraction of the raw material and the hunting sites that is the guiding principle behind the mobility of groups within a territory, in ancient (35,000/12,000 BC) as in recent prehistory (1500 AD). The weaponry, the adornment and/or the used animal species are then powerful markers of the extent of trade routes and networks, and even of craftsmanship when related to village settlements (4.500/2,500 BC). In Antiquity, the exotic rather than exogenous origin of materials was used to develop unique skills in the service of cults and even glorification. In the diffusion of figurines, the representation took precedence over the unique or sought-after nature of the material, whose origin remains nonetheless animal. The editors and authors of this book are all members of the Modified Bone & Shell Commission of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences. The aim of this commission is to promote and disseminate knowledge about the use and manufacture of bone materials in past societies. Éva David, who heads the commission and holds a doctorate in comparative sociology, is developing research into prehistoric bone industries at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), where she also edits a collection on the anthropology of Stone Age techniques. Erik Hnrčiarik, who holds a doctorate in classical archaeology, recently published the Roman bone artefacts from Iža excavated by the Archaeological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences.

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hal-04695925 , version 1 (12-09-2024)

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Éva David, Erik Hrnčiarik (Dir.). Contact, circulation, exchange. Proceedings of the Modified Bone & Shell UISPP Commission Conference (2-3 March 2017, University of Trnava). Archaeopress Archaeology (Industrie de l’os préhistorique — XV), pp.1-182, 2023, 978-1-80327-595-6. ⟨hal-04695925⟩
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