Published: 2016-12-20

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

Andrij Bardec’kyj , Maciej Dębiec , Thomas Saile
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
Section: Field Survey and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/SA68.2016.010

Abstract

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:

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

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Bardec’kyj , A. ., Dębiec, M. ., & Saile, T. . (2016). Zwei runde Spondylusklappen aus der bandkeramischen Siedlung von Rovancì in Wolhynien. Ein Beitrag zu Tausch und Status im frühen Neolithikum . Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 68, 183–192. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA68.2016.010

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