Sperm whales in the Neolithic Mediterranean: a tooth from the sanctuary of Monte d'Accoddi (Sardinia, Italy)

The exceptional find of the tooth of a sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ) at Monte d'Accoddi adds to the documentation on the possible presence, and exploitation by humans, of cetaceans in the prehistoric Mediterranean. The dating (3638–3378 BC) appears to make it the oldest cetacean find i...

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Published in:Antiquity
Main Authors: Melis, Maria Grazia, Zedda, Marco
Other Authors: Università degli Studi di Sassari
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Antiquity Publications 2021
Subjects:
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.115
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spelling crantiquitypubl:10.15184/aqy.2021.115 2024-05-19T07:47:23+00:00 Sperm whales in the Neolithic Mediterranean: a tooth from the sanctuary of Monte d'Accoddi (Sardinia, Italy) Melis, Maria Grazia Zedda, Marco Università degli Studi di Sassari 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.115 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0003598X21001150 en eng Antiquity Publications https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antiquity volume 95, issue 383 ISSN 0003-598X 1745-1744 journal-article 2021 crantiquitypubl https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.115 2024-05-01T06:47:28Z The exceptional find of the tooth of a sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ) at Monte d'Accoddi adds to the documentation on the possible presence, and exploitation by humans, of cetaceans in the prehistoric Mediterranean. The dating (3638–3378 BC) appears to make it the oldest cetacean find in Sardinia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale Antiquity Antiquity 95 383
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description The exceptional find of the tooth of a sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ) at Monte d'Accoddi adds to the documentation on the possible presence, and exploitation by humans, of cetaceans in the prehistoric Mediterranean. The dating (3638–3378 BC) appears to make it the oldest cetacean find in Sardinia.
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Sperm whales in the Neolithic Mediterranean: a tooth from the sanctuary of Monte d'Accoddi (Sardinia, Italy)
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title Sperm whales in the Neolithic Mediterranean: a tooth from the sanctuary of Monte d'Accoddi (Sardinia, Italy)
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title_full Sperm whales in the Neolithic Mediterranean: a tooth from the sanctuary of Monte d'Accoddi (Sardinia, Italy)
title_fullStr Sperm whales in the Neolithic Mediterranean: a tooth from the sanctuary of Monte d'Accoddi (Sardinia, Italy)
title_full_unstemmed Sperm whales in the Neolithic Mediterranean: a tooth from the sanctuary of Monte d'Accoddi (Sardinia, Italy)
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