Connotation fonctionnelle du mobilier funéraire en silex
This paper focuses on an issue evoked by one of the well-known cemeteries in northeast Bulgaria, at Durankulak, and so far the only one to be studied and published in detail. On the empirical basis of the functional determination of flint grave-goods, based on use-wear analysis of artifacts, some ob...
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Préhistoires méditerranéennes
2009
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | This paper focuses on an issue evoked by one of the well-known cemeteries in northeast Bulgaria, at Durankulak, and so far the only one to be studied and published in detail. On the empirical basis of the functional determination of flint grave-goods, based on use-wear analysis of artifacts, some observations and interpretations are presented regarding the cognitive value of ritual flint objects from a ‘sacred’ context. Functional data provide the interpretative framework, and a clear dichotomy of functional meanings is revealed. The decoded utilitarian (profane) feature of flint grave-goods is only a first step towards a better understanding of the semiological value of lithics charged with the symbolic patterns of the mortuary context. |
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