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Notes on four miscellaneous shell and organic objects from Sharm
Author(s) -
Barker Diane
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2004.00021.x
Subject(s) - assemblage (archaeology) , shell (structure) , archaeology , function (biology) , geography , geology , engineering , civil engineering , biology , evolutionary biology
Four miscellaneous artefacts, which do not correspond to the other major small finds groups, are also included in the Sharm assemblage. Whilst the gastropod shell is positively identified as Tonna luteostoma, the materials and function of the remaining objects are conjectural.