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‘Atiqot 91 (2018)
ISBN 2948-040X
The Shells from the Chalcolithic Cemetery at Palma
h
im (North)
(pp. 103–104)
Inbar Ktalav
Keywords: chalcolithic, mollusks, burial, funerary offerings, symbolism
Only four shells were retrieved from the Chalcolithic cemetery north of Kibbutz Palma
h
im. All of them, three gastropods and one bivalve, originated in the Mediterranean Sea. This short report attempts to place them in their context and analyze their significance to the Chalcolithic people.