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Personal Ornaments

Personal Ornaments is an archaeological construct referring to intentionally modified natural or manufactured objects used for bodily adornment in the Palaeolithic period, distinguished by their symbolic function and association with early modern human or Neanderthal socio-identity expression.

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8.5K

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366

Authors

220

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2017–2026

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Publications

131

Middle Stone Age Shell Beads from South Africa

Christopher S. Henshilwood, Francesco d’Errico, Marian Vanhaeren et al. · Science · 2004 · 613 citations

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82,000-year-old shell beads from North Africa and implications for the origins of modern human behavior

Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, Nick Barton, Marian Vanhaeren et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 542 citations · Full text

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Ages for the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa: Implications for Human Behavior and Dispersal

Zenobia Jacobs, Richard G. Roberts, R. F. Galbraith et al. · Science · 2008 · 529 citations · Full text

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Aurignacian ethno-linguistic geography of Europe revealed by personal ornaments

Marian Vanhaeren, Francesco d’Errico · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2006 · 408 citations

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Additional evidence on the use of personal ornaments in the Middle Paleolithic of North Africa

Francesco d’Errico, Marian Vanhaeren, Nick Barton et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 372 citations · Full text

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Authors

366

  1. FD
    Francesco d’Errico

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    11 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. MV
    Marian Vanhaeren

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    8 publications · 2.1K citations

    8

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  3. SR
    Solange Rigaud

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    7 publications · 330 citations

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  4. JH
    Jean‐Jacques Hublin

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    5 publications · 537 citations

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  5. NJ
    Nicholas J. Conard

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    4 publications · 110 citations

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Institutions

220

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    37 publications

    4.7K citations

  2. De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie

    Pessac, France

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    3.7K citations

  5. Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité

    Nanterre, France

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    7 h-index

    28 publications

    2.5K citations

  7. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    350 citations

  8. Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment

    Tübingen, Germany

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    265 citations

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Venues

  1. PLoS ONE

    10 publications · 882 citations

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  2. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 5 publications · 311 citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 5 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. Documenta Praehistorica

    4 publications · 69 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 308 citations

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