669-686

Unio pictorum vs. spondylus gaederopus : shells and shell jewellery from Dispilio, Kastoria prefecture

• Βεροπουλίδου, Ρένα
• Υφαντίδης, Φώτης

The excavation in the east sector at Dispilio has produced a considerable variety of shells from the lake, the area around the settlement, and the sea. The material falls into two large categories: lake and land shells, which are connected with the inhabitants’ diet (Unio) or with the environment of the site (Dreissena), and jewellery, made mainly of seashells (,Spondylus, Glycimeris, Glaucum, etc.). Regarding the untreated shells, a summary account is given of the methodology by which they were catalogued and the findings from their study. The characteristics of the ancient site’s environment are described and the quantitative distribution of the shells is given, together with information about their use, their temporal and spatial distribution, and the inhabitants’ refuse practices and dietary choices. From the important and abundant Neolithic jewellery found at Dispilio, the paper presents the findings from the study of the shell jewellery, giving the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the Types’ (rings, pendants, beads, and fibula pins) and details of their manufacture and use, their spatial and temporal distribution, and the practice of personal adornment as one of the «aesthetic tool-kits» of everyday life in a Neolithic agricultural and stockbreeding community.

• History and Archaeology

• Ανασκαφές (Αρχαιολογία)

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