A Paleolithic eyed needle from Bistricioara‐Lutărie III (Ceahlău Basin, Northeastern Romania)
A Paleolithic eyed needle from Bistricioara‐Lutărie III (Ceahlău Basin, Northeastern Romania)
Author(s): Mircea Anghelinu, Monica Mărgărit, Loredana NițăSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Editura Cetatea de Scaun
Keywords: Epigravettian; eyed needle; technical transformation scheme; use‐wear analysis
Summary/Abstract: Eyed needles have been traditionally linked to sewing/embroidering actions, clearly associated with means of processing/decorating clothes or adornment clasping. For a long time, the appearance of these tools was placed in Central and Western Europe, in Magdalenian times. Recent discoveries have pushed back this moment with ca. 50 ka. On the Romanian territory, such items were not signaled in Paleolithic contexts up to now. Here we report a fragment of a perforated bone fragment recovered at Bistricioara‐Lutărie III settlement (Ceahlău Basin). The purpose of this study is to verify the item’s functional attribution – an eyed needle – based both on tracing the technical transformation scheme and on identifying the wearing areas. Several implications of this find are briefly discussed.
Journal: Studii de Preistorie
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 27-35
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English