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Daniella Bar-Yosef Mayer

Grant Type

Conference Grant

Institutional Affiliation

Tel Aviv U.

Grant number

Gr. CONF-708

Approve Date

March 4, 2016

Project Title

Bar-Yosef Mayer, Dr. Daniella, Tel Aviv U., Tel Aviv, Israel - To aid workshop on 'Humans' Earliest Personal Ornaments: Symbolism, Production And Distribution,' 2017, Tel Aviv U., in collaboration with Dr. Dorothea Bosch

Over the last fifteen years there has been a tremendous increase in knowledge and understanding of the role of shell beads and personal ornaments in prehistoric societies. Some aspects of personal ornaments are debated, such as what constitutes a shell b