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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract The use of stone hammers to produce sharp stone flakes—knapping—is thought to represent a significant stage in hominin technological evolution because it facilitated the exploitation of novel resources, including meat obtained from medium‐to‐large‐sized vertebrates. The invention of knapping may have occurred via an additive (i.e., cumulative)
Metin I. Eren +23 more
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Archive Report: Lithics from Cnoc an Fhoimheir, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, Tiree [PDF]
, 2018 An analysis of the lithic assemblage from the excavations undertaken by Calluna Archaeology at Cnoc an Fhoimheir, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol ...
Wright, Dene
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The first Neanderthal remains from an open-air Middle Palaeolithic site in the Levant [PDF]
, 2017 The late Middle Palaeolithic (MP) settlement patterns in the Levant included the repeated use of caves and open landscape sites. The fossil record shows that two types of hominins occupied the region during this period - Neandertals and Homo sapiens ...
Agha, Nuha +21 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that ...
Fiona Pichon +3 more
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Book review: Fractures in Knapping
Journal of Lithic Studies, 2016 The book 'Fractures in Knapping' by Are Tsirk (2014) is apropos at a time when ‘shape matching’ to typological holotypes is de rigueur. Thus, a book that outlines the fractographic and fracture mechanic principles behind chaîne opératoire and ...
Paul Richard Preston
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SERF Archive Report: Lithics from CB16 [PDF]
, 2018 An analysis of the lithic assemblage from SERF Project excavations at Cranberry, Millhaugh, Dunning in ...
Wright, Dene
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Research Reports from the Programme for Belize Archaeological Project, Volume Three [PDF]
, 2009 Table of Contents : Archaeological Investigations of the Programme for Belize Archaeological Project: An Introduction to Volume Three / by Fred Valdez, Jr. and Rissa M.
Trachman, Rissa M., Valdez, Fred Jr
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Theoretical and Epistemological Thoughts on Archaeology and Experimental Lithic Technology
Journal of Research in Philosophy and History, 2018 In the wide field of archaeology, stone tool remains are one of the main pieces of evidence used for assessing knowledge and understanding of the archaeological record. To cope with its analysis and interpretation as a branch of experimental archaeology,
H. G. Nami
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Medicine for the Material World
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT It is clear that many of the inorganic materials of antiquity have been used both as medicines for human ills and also as agents in technological processes. This paper speculates that there might have been a stronger link between these two functions in the past, based on the concept of “active agents”—materials that are efficacious at curing ...
A. M. Pollard
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since 2000, archaeological excavations have brought to light the sanctuary of Athena in Castro (Apulia, Italy), including terracotta roofs dated between the 6th and 4th centuries bce. Based on their morphological and stylistic features, it is suggested that the terracotta items were manufactured in the Greek colony of Taras (modern Taranto ...
M. M. N. Franceschini +7 more
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