A Morphometric Model and Landmark Analysis of Acheulian Hand Axes from Northern Israel

Brande, Scott; Saragusti, Idit

doi:10.1007/978-1-4757-9083-2_36

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“…We applied a linear measurement method developed on bifacial manufactured hand-axes (Roe 1964;1968;Brande & Saragusti 1996;McPherron 2000;Archer & Braun 2010). The following basic measurements were made on the implements: length (maximum length (L), the distance from the proximal to the distal end), the vertical location along the length (height) (proximal length (PL)) where the largest width occurred and the width at three specific locations: at 20% (proximal width (PW)) and 80% (distal width (DW) of the height from the proximal to the distal end and the largest width (W).…”

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Agricultural stone implements from the Paria Basin (Oruro Department, Bolivia)

Péntek¹,

Gyarmati²

2022

Archeometriai Műhely

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During the field research initiated by the Paria Archaeological Project (PAP) in 2004 in the area of the Paria Basin (Oruro Dept., Bolivia), and then during the excavation in the municipality of Paria, several agricultural stone tools were discovered. Their raw material is partly volcanic rock and partly sandstone. The stone tools have not yet been described in more detail. In the present article, from the whole set of artefacts 22 stone tools classified into different archaeological periods will be presented. As the area of the Paria Basin itself is less researched and there are relatively few publications on the topic, the amount of information gathered during the processing of the finds will also be outlined. The review also includes a brief discussion of the potential geological sources of raw materials for stone tools.

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Section: Measurement Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agricultural stone implements from the Paria Basin (Oruro Department, Bolivia)

Péntek¹,

Gyarmati²

2022

Archeometriai Műhely

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“…Among these, special attention has been paid to handaxe technology, the modes of manufacture of handaxes, and the analysis of their byproducts (Brande and Saragusti 1996;Goren-Inbar and Saragusti 1996; Saragusti et a/. 1998;Sharon and Goren-Inbar 1999).…”

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An Actualistic Study of Dorsally Plain Flakes: A Technological Note

Dag¹,

Goren‐Inbar²

2001

Lithic Technology

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Experimental production and modification of handaxes were carried out by D. in an attempt to achieve a better understanding of the characteristics of Acheulian biface byproducts (/lakes) and the impact of the use of different types of percussors. A result of these experiments was the identification of flakes devoid of scar pattern on their dorsal face. A refitting project was then mounted with the aim of examining the role of these dorsally plain flakes within the handaxe reduction process. Refitting resulted in the identification of three different types of such flakes: those whose dorsal face derives from the ventral face of a previously detached flake (when a handaxe was made on a flake); those that were not struck deliberately, but split spontaneously from the bulbar surface of a large flake; and those whose dorsal face derives from a large scar. This article describes the results of a technological analysis of these unique flakes. The reported results may be used in cases in which refitting cannot be carried out to identify biface modification assemblages that exploited large flakes.

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“…Likewise, AGMT3-D has a wide range of standard analytical GM functions [ 20 ]. We encourage the reader to see Mitteroecker and Gunz [ 5 ] and Brande and Saragusti [ 47 ] for additional information on GM and Shott and Trail [ 8 ] and Okumura and Araujo [ 10 ] for an in-depth discussion on GM as applied to stone tools.…”

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Practical and technical aspects for the 3D scanning of lithic artefacts using micro-computed tomography techniques and laser light scanners for subsequent geometric morphometric analysis. Introducing the StyroStone protocol

2022

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Here, we present a new method to scan a large number of lithic artefacts using three-dimensional scanning technology. Despite the rising use of high-resolution 3D surface scanners in archaeological sciences, no virtual studies have focused on the 3D digitization and analysis of small lithic implements such as bladelets, microblades, and microflakes. This is mostly due to difficulties in creating reliable 3D meshes of these artefacts resulting from several inherent features (i.e., size, translucency, and acute edge angles), which compromise the efficiency of structured light or laser scanners and photogrammetry. Our new protocol StyroStone addresses this problem by proposing a step-by-step procedure relying on the use of micro-computed tomographic technology, which is able to capture the 3D shape of small lithic implements in high detail. We tested a system that enables us to scan hundreds of artefacts together at once within a single scanning session lasting a few hours. As also bigger lithic artefacts (i.e., blades) are present in our sample, this protocol is complemented by a short guide on how to effectively scan such artefacts using a structured light scanner (Artec Space Spider). Furthermore, we estimate the accuracy of our scanning protocol using principal component analysis of 3D Procrustes shape coordinates on a sample of meshes of bladelets obtained with both micro-computed tomography and another scanning device (i.e., Artec Micro). A comprehensive review on the use of 3D geometric morphometrics in lithic analysis and other computer-based approaches is provided in the introductory chapter to show the advantages of improving 3D scanning protocols and increasing the digitization of our prehistoric human heritage.

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A Morphometric Model and Landmark Analysis of Acheulian Hand Axes from Northern Israel

Cited by 13 publications

References 5 publications

Agricultural stone implements from the Paria Basin (Oruro Department, Bolivia)

Agricultural stone implements from the Paria Basin (Oruro Department, Bolivia)

An Actualistic Study of Dorsally Plain Flakes: A Technological Note

Practical and technical aspects for the 3D scanning of lithic artefacts using micro-computed tomography techniques and laser light scanners for subsequent geometric morphometric analysis. Introducing the StyroStone protocol

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