Prehistoric Artefacts of Animal Skeletal Materials from Romania: Studies and articles - Softcover

Beldiman, Corneliu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3848429772 ISBN 13: 9783848429776

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

The volume gathers five studies and articles written recently regarding various aspects of Prehistoric animal osseous materials industry in Romania, from Upper Paleolithic (hunting weaponry – projectile points), Mesolithic (red-deer antler artefacts), Early Neolithic (first synthesis regarding the osseous objects), Neolithic and Copper Age (database related to discoveries from a site located in Transylvania) and the use of fossil shells as adornments in the Bronze Age (of the same region). The book offers a coherent image that is issued from recent data. It reflects the present methodology of the domain and some specific achievements for the Prehistoric archaeology from Romania, integrated in a macro-regional and continental context. The book aims to mark the jubilee of 20 years for Romanian systematic research of osseous materials artefacts (1992 – 2012).

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About the Author

Corneliu Beldiman is Associate Professor PhD at “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Faculty of History, Bucharest, Romania. He is specialist in the field of ancient artefacts made of bone, antler, ivory, teeth, and shells. He published various scientific contributions that recommend him as the best Romanian specialist of the domain.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 3848429772
• ISBN 13: 9783848429776
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 152