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An experimental approach to ground stone tool manufacture
Journal of Lithic Studies, 2016 The manufacture of ground stone tools has long been a topic of interest for archaeologists. Ground stone tools made of specific stone types (e.g., limestone, basalt, granite) have been investigated with regards to the technology chosen by craftsmen, the ...
Andrea Squitieri, David Eitam
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Documenta Praehistorica, 2007 Unlike previous studies of ground stone technology in the Greek Neolithic, this paper follows a more contextualised approach by looking at contexts of deposition of ground stone from Late Neolithic Makriyalos, Northern Greece.
Christina Tsoraki
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Functional analysis of sandstone ground stone tools: arguments for a qualitative and quantitative synergetic approach. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 AbstractIn the last few years, the application of quantitative methods in the field of use wear analysis has grown considerably, involving the use of different techniques. A development in surface measurements approaches has become necessary as standard assessments based upon qualitative functional analysis are often affected by a degree of ...
Zupancich A, Cristiani E.
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Ground and abrasive stone tools from Belovode [PDF]
, 2021 The analysis of ground and abrasive stone tools from Belovode encompassed an assemblage of 68 artefacts found in Trench 18, excavated in 2012 and 2013 and relatively dated to between the Vinča–Tordoš II (VinčaB1) and the Vinča–Pločnik I (Vinča C2) phases of the Vinča culture.
Dimić, Vidan, Antonović, Dragana
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Quaternary, 2022 This paper presents a new macroscopic method for identifying chop marks on archaeological faunal assemblages and highlights the major differences in the morphology of chop marks created by stone and metal axes.
Tiffany R. Okaluk, Haskel J. Greenfield
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Introduction. Leave no stone unturned: Perspectives on ground stone artefact research
Journal of Lithic Studies, 2016 Ground stone tools served in many physical and social contexts through millennia, reflecting a wide variety of functions. Although ground stone tool studies were neglected for much of early archaeology, the last few decades witnessed a notable ...
Danny Rosenberg +2 more
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Journal of Lithic Studies, 2016 The transition from the Mongolian Neolithic to the Bronze Age is not well understood. Within Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, over a period of five years, we identified a number of sites with dense surface artefact scatters and features that seem to represent ...
Joan S. Schneider +4 more
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Stone raw materials in the Vinča culture: Petrographic analysis of assemblage from Vinča and Belovode [PDF]
Starinar, 2005 This paper shows the results of petrographic analyses of raw materials used for making the ground stone industry implements in two Vinča culture sites Vinča and Belovode.
Antonović Dragana +2 more
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Preliminary analysis of the Late Natufian ground stone from Shubayqa 1, Jordan
Journal of Lithic Studies, 2016 Shubayqa 1 is a newly identified early and late Natufian site in the harra desert of northeastern Jordan. In addition to buildings, and rich chipped stone, faunal, and botanical assemblages, the site has produced a large collection of ground stone tools.
Patrick Nørskov Pedersen +2 more
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Journal of Lithic Studies, 2016 The first industrial revolution in the southern Levant crystallized during the Iron Age when copper production reached scales never before seen in this part of the Middle East.
Thomas E. Levy +2 more
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