<![CDATA[PRECIOUS]]>https://www.neolithic-precious-beads.com/blogRSS for NodeSat, 12 Aug 2023 01:12:53 GMT<![CDATA[Documentary Arte (May 28th at 21:45): The magic village of Ba'ja and its Neolithic treasures ]]>https://www.neolithic-precious-beads.com/post/documentary-arte-may-28th-at-21-45-the-magic-village-of-ba-ja-and-its-neolithic-treasures6291d38d6ddea5a7b53d1ab7Sat, 28 May 2022 07:49:10 GMThalaalarashiDo not miss the discovery of this fascinating Neolithic village, its inhabitants and their complex and refined body ornaments

https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/100813-000-A/la-mysterieuse-enfant-au-collier-de-ba-ja/?fbclid=IwAR06xNldOwciv22VVwsg8zCuDx6YWdwXugOP-AoBHGfOEh60kHSR7lYqlEA

]]><![CDATA[Confocal Microscopy for the analysis of wear on tools and teeth in Prehistory (2-4 May, 2022)]]>https://www.neolithic-precious-beads.com/post/confocal-microscopy-for-the-analysis-of-wear-on-tools-and-teeth-in-prehistory-2-4-may-2022623b2d3d3fd9e95bb336438bWed, 23 Mar 2022 14:30:20 GMThalaalarashiDuring the last decade, texture analysis of wear on teeth and tool surfaces performed using 3D scanning confocal microscopy is gaining momentum. The Archaeology of Social Dynamics group of the Milá y Fontanals Institute (CSIC-Barcelona) is organising a workshop on this subject.

The workshop is addressed to students wishing to develop their research using this methodology and to consolidated researchers interested in integrating this line of research into their studies.

For registration, send a short application letter to: tecnologiaprehistorica@imf.csic.es DEADLINE: 1st April 2022.

PRECIOUS will participate ;)

]]><![CDATA[New episode Past and Curious]]>https://www.neolithic-precious-beads.com/post/new-episode-past-and-curious61b4e2c003f75d0016f29719Sat, 11 Dec 2021 17:44:47 GMThalaalarashi"Neolithic ornaments: when stones become beads". A cartoon animation subtitled in 10 languages! Arabic, Castillan, Catalan, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese and Turkish (and soon Kurdish!!) speakers have no excuse not to see it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kitz2xCnJA]]><![CDATA[New OA paper ]]>https://www.neolithic-precious-beads.com/post/new-oa-paper61b4de838a7c2000162027bfSat, 11 Dec 2021 17:24:11 GMThalaalarashiSurvival kit for the afterlife or instruction manual for prehistorians? Staging artefact production in Middle Neolithic cemetery Kadruka 23, Upper Nubia, Sudan

https://www-cambridge-org.inshs.bib.cnrs.fr/core/journals/antiquity/article/survival-kit-for-the-afterlife-or-instruction-manual-for-prehistorians-staging-artefact-production-in-middle-neolithic-cemetery-kadruka-23-upper-nubia-sudan/A1C46B68DDAD0581AEA33FC347219A08#

The burials at the Neolithic cemetery Kadruka 23 in Sudan have yielded adornments and bone and lithic artefacts that occur as distinct stages of the chaîne opératoire. This article reports on a hitherto unrecognised funerary practice that highlights the importance of craftsmanship for Neolithic communities in life and beyond.

]]><![CDATA[New paper: New insight into the technological management of the Neolithic cowrie beads in the Levant]]>https://www.neolithic-precious-beads.com/post/new-paper-new-insight-into-the-technological-management-of-the-neolithic-cowrie-beads-in-the-levant60880b0abb217600156fc4e0Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:05:33 GMThalaalarashi]]><![CDATA[Shubeyqa 6 (Jordan): An impressive assemblage of finished and unfinished PPNA beads]]>https://www.neolithic-precious-beads.com/post/shoubeyqa-6-jordan-an-impressive-assemblage-of-finished-and-unfinished-ppna-beads607c6b37508a080015f44ecbSun, 18 Apr 2021 17:30:13 GMThalaalarashiThe work on this assemblage started with a 2D documentation/scanning of objects bearing traces of manufacturing actions, along with preliminary typological classification, description of shapes, and colors.

The next stage will be the extraction of measurements through image treatment (pattern recognition) followed by the technological characterization and comparisons between groups spatially and stratigraphically distinguished.

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