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Summary.The area north of the Black Sea, from the Danube to the Caucasus, was a zone of interaction between farming populations and indigenous Mesolithic groups which acquired pottery and elements of stock‐breeding. Recent research in Soviet Moldavia, at the western end of this area, has clarified the nature of contacts between farming groups of Balkan origin and local groups centred on the Dnestr and Bu

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1991.tb00001.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

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Summary.The distribution and uses of triton shells in Italy from the Neolithic to modern times are described in detail, along with a summary of examples from the Neolithic and Copper Age of Central Europe and the central and eastern Mediterranean. Attention is then focused upon the triton shell trumpet, which is interpreted both as a Neolithic visual symbol and an oral signal, and suggestions are offered concerning its changing meaning in historical and more recent times.

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1991.tb00002.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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Summary.The petrology of stone axes found in the Channel Islands is examined. Recent research has resulted in the identification of an axe production centre at Le Pinacle, Jersey, and axes produced there have been recorded on Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. The Channel Island assemblages also include axes of Type A dolerite, flint, jadeite, eclogite and fibrolite, produced at known centres on the European mainland: together, these ‘exotic’ axes account for around 32% of the total Channel Island sample. A marked fall‐off is noted between Jersey and the other islands in terms of the occurrence of these imported axes, and this can perhaps be explained in relation to factors affecting navigation. The social significance of inter‐island and island/mainland interaction is e

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1991.tb00003.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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Summary.Six fragments of Mycenaean pictorial vases picked up at different sites in Cyprus are described and discussed. Comparison with other such material and chemical analysis of most of the fragments lead to the conclusion that the original vases were made in the north‐east Peloponnese. These and other findings suggest the possibility of a pottery export trade during the 14th–earlier 13th century BC (Late Helladic IIIA2–IIIB1), such as is documented for 6th century BC A

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1991.tb00004.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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Summary.Evidence is discussed for the three theories on the origins of the Golden Fleece legend. That the epithet ‘golden’referred to fine wool, because of its value, is thought to be not incompatible with the view that fleeces were used to collect gold particles from streams. That the fleece was yellow is unlikely since such discoloration is a wool fault, but it is just possible that ‘golden’ might refer to genetically ‘ta

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1991.tb00005.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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Summary.As part of the examination of the fragments of a further human body recovered from Lindow Bog, Cheshire, samples of skin were examined using electron probe X‐ray micro‐analysis. The ionic composition showed an excess of aluminium, silica and copper, with traces of titanium and zinc. These are interpreted as the residues of clay‐based copper and other pigments applied to the body. The literary evidence of the use of body paint amongst the Britons is reviewed in the light of these analyses and the interpretation of Classical references in terms of woad‐painted Britons is que

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1991.tb00006.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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Résumé.Pour localiser l'origine des poteries fines à cordons découvertes à Hengistbury Head, la comparaison pétro‐archéologique et géochimique avec les matériaux armoricains similaires permet d'en situer la fabrication sur le massif de gabbro de Trégomar, près de Lamballe. L'étude de deux autres types d'exportations armoricaines les accompagnant, les montre originaires de la région de St

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1991.tb00007.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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Summary.The extent to which archaeological evidence can be used to identify and account for an urban hierarchy in England between the eighth and eleventh centuries AD is assessed in this article. Using the later medieval evidence as a control, it is suggested that the archaeological data could be used not only to compare the relative condition of towns but also to reconstruct the general economic trends which may have been responsible for emphasising differences between towns. Despite the apparently rudimentary character of the urban network in the eighth and early ninth centuries, the strength of the economy may have been underestimated. In contrast, the development of a three‐tier hierarchy coupled with ubiquitous urban growth in the tenth century may have been overemphasised. Town planning programmes in the south and midlands may not have been accompanied by rapid urban development whereas there is plentiful evidence for town growth in the north. This differential development may be explained by a greater economic vitality in the north which was not experienced in the south until the later tenth century. The later tenth and early eleventh centuries may have marked a period of pronounced and rapid urban growth and differentiation in the sout

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1991.tb00008.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1991.tb00009.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1991.tb00010.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY