Conus ornaments from tel bareqet in an early bronze age near east context

Daniella E.Bar Yosef Mayer; Sarit Paz; Yitzhak Paz

doi:10.2307/j.ctvndv7gk.19

Conus ornaments from tel bareqet in an early bronze age near east context

Daniella E.Bar Yosef Mayer, Sarit Paz, Yitzhak Paz

Department of Bible Studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East

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Abstract

The discovery of 16 Conns apex beads from the Early Bronze Age II site of Tel Bareqet in central Israel, prompted research concerning this type of personal ornament. Theses ornaments were made of Indo-Pacific Conus shells, and they were discovered in numerous third millennium BCE sites in the Levant, the Sinai Desert, as well as in Mesopotamia, suggesting long-range contacts. The existence of a workshop of such artifacts in Oman might point to their actual origin. Ethnographic analogies, coupled with the size and distribution of these artifacts, suggest that these were prestige items.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	‘Isaac went out to the field’
Subtitle of host publication	Studies in Archaeology and Ancient Cultures in Honor of Isaac Gilead
Publisher	Archaeopress
Pages	210-215
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781784918309
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvndv7gk.19
State	Published - 1 Jan 2019

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