The time of callaïs radiocarbon dates and Bayesian chronological modelling

Recent provenience studies on callaїs and on artefacts of Alpine jades have produced new insights into the movement of these rare green minerals and the value system of Neolithic and Chalcolithic societies in western and central Europe. We used a Bayesian statistical approach and 406 current availab...

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Published inLa parure en callaïs du Néolithique européen p. 479
Main Authors Bettina Schulz Paulsson, Serge Cassen, Carlos Rodríguez-Rellán, António Faustino Carvalho, Jean-Sebastien Vaquer, Miguel Molist Montaña, Josep Bosch Argilagós, Mònica Oliva Poveda
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LanguageFrench
Published Archaeopress Publishing Ltd 29.08.2019
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Summary:Recent provenience studies on callaїs and on artefacts of Alpine jades have produced new insights into the movement of these rare green minerals and the value system of Neolithic and Chalcolithic societies in western and central Europe. We used a Bayesian statistical approach and 406 current available radiocarbon results from variscite and turquoise (callaïs) find contexts in Europe, along with the results of provenance analyses, to investigate the fine-grained temporal pattern for the exploitation, circulation and deposition of callaïs artifacts [tabl. 1]. In a first important step, we critically reviewed these 406 dates, obtained from the 1960s to the present,