Exoticism of portable art and ornaments: a study of social networks around the Last Glacial Maximum.

This research aims to test the hypothesis that portable art objects and ornaments were used to create and maintain social networks between groups of hunter-gatherers coping with climatic insecurity. This is tested through the materials used to produce such objects. The results of tests indicate that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gravel-Miguel, Claudine
Other Authors: Nowell, April
Language:English
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Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3443