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 C. (author), Gonçalves, Victor S. (author), Cardoso, João Luís (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Late Prehistory
Iberia
XRD
Beads
NIR
Bronze Age
Fluorite
Copper Age
Translucent minerals
Neolithic
Raman spectroscopy
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/15147
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/15147

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