Indus-Style Stone Beads in the Late Third-Millennium BCE Southern Levant: The Role of Trade and Curation in the Distribution of High-Value Ornaments

This article discusses how identification of stylistic, morphometric, mineralogical, and technological characteristics of carnelian stone beads can provide major insights into EB IV/MB I interregional networks and social differentiation. Based on unique drilling techniques, stylistic shapes, morphom...

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Main Author: Ludvik, Geoffrey E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2023
In: Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2023, Volume: 86, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-15
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Pearl / Gem / Ornamentstein / Israel (Antiquity) / India / Pakistan / Bronze Age / Levant / Indus
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