Zwei runde Spondylusklappen aus der bandkeramischen Siedlung von Rovancì in Wolhynien. Ein Beitrag zu Tausch und Status im frühen Neolithikum

• Authors: Bardec’kyj Andrij , Dębiec Maciej , Saile Thomas

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Two round Spondylus valves from the Bandkeramik settlement of Rovancì in Volhynia. A contribution to exchange and status in the Early Neolithic

• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

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On the Bandkeramik (LBK) settlement of Rovancì in Volhynia two round valves of Spondylus gaederopus were discovered during a rescue excavation carried out in 2009. In the upper part of each of the artefacts two artificial holes with traces of suspension (grooves) can be observed. The two medallions were unearthed in the left longpit of an LBK longhouse. The find might be interpreted as depot or cenotaph. It substantially increases the extent of the Early Neolithic Spondylus long-distance exchange network. Furthermore, items made of Spondylus were apparently one of the commodities demonstrating status in Bandkeramik societies.

Keywords

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Spondylus; Volhynia; Ukraine; exchange system; status; Bandkeramik; Early Neolithic

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 68
• Pages: 183-192

Contributors

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Bardec’kyj Andrij

• Interregional Public Scientific Organization „Dubno Archaeologicаl Center“, Myrogoshchanska st. 67/42, 35604 Dubno, Rivnenska oblast, Ukraine

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Dębiec Maciej

• Institute of Archaeology, Rzeszów University, Moniuszki st. 10, 35-015 Rzeszów, Poland

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Saile Thomas

• Lehrstuhl für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Institut für Geschichte, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany