Nicholas J. Conard

Reconstructing the Life History of Double Perforated Ivory Beads from the Swabian Aurignacian: A Combined Traceological and Experimental Approach

Abstract Aurignacian ivory beads provide valuable insights into ivory-working techniques, labour investment, production organisation, and the symbolic behaviour of Early Upper Palaeolithic people. Although decades of research have led to a detailed understanding of the chaîne opé...