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
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2021
Subjects:
General Arts and Humanities
Archeology
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale
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spelling ftopenaccessrep:oai:zenodo.org:200522 2024-05-12T08:10:03+00:00 Sperm whales in the Neolithic Mediterranean: a tooth from the sanctuary of Monte d'Accoddi (Sardinia, Italy) Melis, Maria Grazia Zedda, Marco 2021-08-19 https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/200522 https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.115 eng eng url:https://www.openaccessrepository.it/communities/itmirror https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/200522 doi:10.15184/aqy.2021.115 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess General Arts and Humanities Archeology info:eu-repo/semantics/article publication-article 2021 ftopenaccessrep https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.115 2024-04-17T15:16:25Z 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 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN): Open Access Repository Antiquity 95 383
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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)
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