Mobility and social identity in the Mid Upper Paleolithic: New personal ornaments from Poiana Ciresului (Piatra Neamt, Romania).

ABSTRACT: Most of the Paleolithic art and ornaments discovered in Romania come from the site of Poiana Cireșului. Four Paleolithic layers have been studied at this site-the oldest one belongs to the Early Gravettian period between 30 ka and 31 ka BP. The ornaments discovered in this layer include perforated shells from three species of mollusks: freshwater Lithoglyphus naticoide and Lithoglyphus apertus as well as Homalopoma sanguineum (an exclusively Mediterranean species). Poiana Cireșului is one of the very few Gravettian sites where perforated Homalopoma sanguineum shells were found, and the importance of this discovery is stressed even more by the very long distance between the site and the nearest source located over 900 km away. This find suggests the connection of communities here with the M

SUBMITTER: Nitu EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6481798 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature