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| Title |
First Epigravettian Ceramic Figurines from Europe (Vela Spila, Croatia)
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0041437 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rebecca Farbstein, Dinko Radić, Dejana Brajković, Preston T. Miracle |
| Abstract |
Recent finds of 36 ceramic artifacts from the archaeological site of Vela Spila, Croatia, offer the first evidence of ceramic figurative art in late Upper Palaeolithic Europe, c. 17,500-15,000 years before present (BP). The size and diversity of this artistic ceramic assemblage indicate the emergence of a social tradition, rather than more ephemeral experimentation with a new material. Vela Spila ceramics offer compelling technological and stylistic comparisons with the only other evidence of a developed Palaeolithic ceramic tradition found at the sites of Pavlov I and Dolní Věstonice I, in the Czech Republic, c. 31,000-27,000 cal BP. Because of the 10,000-year gap between the two assemblages, the Vela Spila ceramics are interpreted as evidence of an independent invention of this technology. Consequently, these artifacts provide evidence of a new social context in which ceramics developed and were used to make art in the Upper Palaeolithic. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 23 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 22% |
| United States | 3 | 13% |
| Spain | 2 | 9% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 4% |
| Croatia | 1 | 4% |
| Mexico | 1 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 9 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 21 | 91% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 76 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 72 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 26% |
| Researcher | 18 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 11% |
| Professor | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Unknown | 9 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities | 38 | 50% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 18% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 11 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 52. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 April 2023.
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