dc.creator | Alarashi, Hala | es |
dc.creator | Benz, Marion | es |
dc.creator | Gresky, Julia | es |
dc.creator | Burkhardt, Alice | es |
dc.creator | Fischer, Andrea | es |
dc.creator | Gourichon, Lionel | es |
dc.creator | Mackie, Meaghan | es |
dc.creator | Collins, Matthew | es |
dc.creator | Odriozola Lloret, Carlos Patricio | es |
dc.creator | Garrido Cordero, José Ángel | es |
dc.creator | Avilés, Miguel Ángel | es |
dc.creator | Vigorelli, Luisa | es |
dc.creator | Re, Alessandro | es |
dc.creator | Georg K. Gebel, Hans | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-14T11:26:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-05-14T11:26:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-08-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Alarashi, H., Benz, M., Gresky, J., Burkhardt, A., Fischer, A., Gourichon, L.,...,Georg K. Gebel, H. (2023). Threads of memory: Reviving the ornament of a dead child at the Neolithic village of Ba‘ja (Jordan). PLOS ONE, 18 (8), 1-54. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0288075. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/158286 | |
dc.description.abstract | In 2018, a well-constructed cist-type grave was discovered at Ba‘ja, a Neolithic village
(7,400–6,800 BCE) in Southern Jordan. Underneath multiple grave layers, an 8-year-old
child was buried in a fetal position. Over 2,500 beads were found on the chest and neck,
along with a double perforated stone pendant and a delicately engraved mother-of-pearl
ring discovered among the concentration of beads. The first was found behind the neck, and
the second on the chest. The meticulous documentation of the bead distribution indicated
that the assemblage was a composite ornament that had gradually collapsed, partly due to
the burying position. Our aim was to challenge time degradation and to reimagine the initial
composition in order to best explore the significance of this symbolic category of material
culture, not as mere group of beads, but as an ornamental creation with further aesthetic,
artisanal and socioeconomic implications. The reconstruction results exceeded our expectations
as it revealed an imposing multi-row necklace of complex structure and attractive
design. Through multiple lines of evidence, we suggest that the necklace was created at
Ba‘ja, although significant parts of beads were made from exotic shells and stones, including
fossil amber, an unprecedented material never attested before for this period. The retrieval
of such an ornament from life and its attribution to a young dead child highlights the significant
social status of this individual. Beyond the symbolic functions related to identity, the
necklace is believed to have played a key role in performing the inhumation rituals, understood as a public event gathering families, relatives, and people from other villages. In
this sense, the necklace is not seen as belonging completely to the realm of death but rather
to the world of the living, materializing a collective memory and shared moments of emotions
and social cohesion. | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | Junta de Andalucía P20_01080 | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | German Research Foundation BO 1599/14-1 | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | German Research Foundation BO 1599/16-1 | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.format.extent | 54 p. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | Austrian Academy of Sciences | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLOS ONE, 18 (8), 1-54. | |
dc.rights | Atribución 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.title | Threads of memory: Reviving the ornament of a dead child at the Neolithic village of Ba‘ja (Jordan) | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología | es |
dc.relation.projectID | P20_01080 | es |
dc.relation.projectID | BO 1599/14-1 | es |
dc.relation.projectID | BO 1599/16-1 | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0288075 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal. pone.0288075 | es |
dc.journaltitle | PLOS ONE | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 18 | es |
dc.publication.issue | 8 | es |
dc.publication.initialPage | 1 | es |
dc.publication.endPage | 54 | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Junta de Andalucía | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) | es |
dc.contributor.funder | European Union (UE) | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft / German Research Foundation (DFG) | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Franz-and Eva Rutzen Stiftung Foundation | es |