Koštane alatke i lični ornamenti iz epigravetijenske sekvence Badnja
Osseous Tools and Personal Ornaments From the Epigravettian Sequence at Badanj
Author(s): Dušan Borić, Emanuela Cristiani, Andrijana Pravidur, Ana Marić, Robert WhallonSubject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Social history, Prehistory
Published by: Zemaljski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: Upper Palaeolithic; personal ornaments; osseous tools; barbed points; beads; parietal engraving; Badanj;
Summary/Abstract: The Late Upper Palaeolithic (Epigravettian) sequence at Badanj has yielded an important dataset about the occupation of the hinterland of the Eastern Adriatic catchment zone in the late Pleniglacial. The site also harbors one of the rare occurrences of Upper Palaeolithic parietal “art” in southeastern Europe in the form of a large rock engraving. Another notable aspect of the site is the presence of engravings on portable objects made from bone. The first excavations at Badanj, conducted in 1976–1979 in the zone around the engraved rock, yielded a surprisingly large number of personal ornaments (over 1000 specimens) from a variety of primarily marine gastropods, scaphopods, and bivalves, and red deer canines. Here we review what is currently known about the site and report our preliminary findings from the study of the collection of personal ornaments as well as osseous tools, some of which were marked by regular incisions forming decorative motifs. We also report two new direct accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates on antler barbed points.
Journal: Glasnik Zemaljskog muzeja Bosne i Hercegovine u Sarajevu: Arheologija
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 55
- Page Range: 7-72
- Page Count: 66
- Language: English, Croatian
