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November 1, 1983The Annual of the British School at Athens

The Use of Cone Shells in Neolithic and Bronze Age Greece

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Abstract

Finds of the Mediterranean Cone Shell (Conus mediterraneus Hwass in Bruguière 1792 = ventricosus Gmelin) from Neolithic and Bronze Age Greece are listed, and their use discussed.

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David S. Reese (1983) studied this question.

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