Distribution and consumption of fluorite and translucent beads in the Iberian peninsula from 6th to 2nd millennia BC

Translucent minerals were valued in prehistoric societies for their rarity and socially used as highly symbolic elements. This work addresses the use and nature of Iberian translucent beads. We present the results of chemical (Raman spectroscopy, portable X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction and vi...

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Main Author: Garrido-Cordero, José Ángel (author)
Other Authors: Odriozola, Carlos P. (author), Sousa, Ana Catarina (author), Gonçalves, Victor S. (author), Cardoso, João Luis (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/45858
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/45858