Periodic Reporting for period 1 - PRECIOUS (Making and wearing semi-PRECIOUS stone beads in the Near East and the Nile Valley during the Neolithic: A biographical perspective and microwear approach)

Body ornaments are powerful wordless means of communication. They integrate deep immaterial and intimate values and draw the vision of the world of the people who made and display them. Beyond the embellishing function, adorning the body with symbols materialized by beads...