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Shine on you crazy diamond: symbolism and social use of fluorite ornaments in Iberia’s late prehistory

dc.contributor.authorGarrido-Cordero, José Ángel
dc.contributor.authorOdriozola, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Ana Catarina
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Victor S.
dc.contributor.authorCardoso, João Luís
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-27T11:00:34Z
dc.date.available2021-05-27T11:00:34Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractFluorite ornaments have been recorded in different sites of Europe since Upper Paleolithic. Due to its visual appearance and physical properties, some translucent or transparent mineralogies like fluorite were searched for or casually acquired by late prehistory’s human communities. After intensive research on archaeological contexts from the Iberian Peninsula with personal ornaments from 4th to 2nd millennia BCE, we have recently identified and characterized for the first time an important number of fluorite ornaments, confronting a previous background where little attention was paid. Our work has been carried out in different archaeological collections and museums from the whole Iberian Peninsula by non-destructive techniques (Raman spectroscopy, portable X-ray fluorescence (p-XRF) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD), that revealed the nature of fluorite ornaments and points to its consideration as scarce and highly symbolic items during late prehistory. A total of 36 fluorite beads from 23 sites are here recorded and studied, many of them inedits or wrong catalogued as other mineralogies. These adornments could have important roles in trade and use among the communities of Iberia from the 4th millennium BCE onwards, because of their scarcity and its recurrent association with important funerary complex and exotic materials. Fluorite ornaments could have been significant and special symbols in the development of new and exclusive raw materials in the context of increasing social complexity and inequality.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2218/jls.3025pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2055-0472
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/10769
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/pt_PT
dc.subjectAdornmentspt_PT
dc.subjectBeadspt_PT
dc.subjectTranslucentpt_PT
dc.subjectFluoritept_PT
dc.subjectIberian Peninsulapt_PT
dc.subjectLate prehistorypt_PT
dc.subjectRaman spectroscopypt_PT
dc.subjectXRDpt_PT
dc.titleShine on you crazy diamond: symbolism and social use of fluorite ornaments in Iberia’s late prehistorypt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage17pt_PT
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oaire.citation.titleJournal of Lithic Studiespt_PT
oaire.citation.volumeVol. 8, Nº 1pt_PT
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