Artefacts made of the Mediterranean mollusc Spondylus gaederopus have been in the focus of archaeological research since the discovery and publication of the hoard of Bernburg, Germany, in 1885 by Rudolf Virchow. They are considered to be one of the first long-distance exchange goods in Europe, as the distribution of Spondylus artefacts spread between the Adriatic/Aegean Sea up to the Paris Basin during the Neolithic. While the dataset covers sites with Spondylus between the Palaeolithic and the Iron Age, the artefacts are described in detail for the time period between 5500 and 5000 BC. Funding statement: The research was funded by the Leibniz Association and the Ruhr-University Bochum.

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在欧洲新石器时代使用虎尾草（Spondylus gaederopus）

自1885年鲁道夫·维奇豪（Rudolf Virchow）于德国伯恩堡（Bernburg）的ho积室被发现和出版以来，地中海软体动物Spondylus gaederopus制成的人工制品一直是考古研究的重点。它们被认为是欧洲最早的长途交换商品之一，因为在新石器时代，Spondylus人工制品的分布在亚得里亚海/爱琴海之间一直延伸到巴黎盆地。尽管数据集涵盖了旧石器时代和铁器时代之间带有棘突类动物的遗址，但文物的详细描述在5500年至BC年之间。资助声明：这项研究由莱布尼兹协会和波鸿鲁尔大学资助。