Lithic Technologies and Use

Complexity and technological evolution: What everybody knows?

“…Mithen’s reconstruction thus ignores the diversity of tools within each act. For example, it ignores the fact that flaked tools continue to be abundantly present in the Acheulean and in fact the whole of prehistory, much later, e.g., among contemporary Aboriginals (Holdaway and Douglass 2011 ) and, until the 1960s, in the Mediterranean (Karimali 2005 ); it ignores other marked continuities, such as the persistent use of bone implements to work animal hides (Soressi et al 2013 ) and unbarbed spears made out of one piece of wood—as at Schöningen (Thieme 1997 ) and among recent populations, for example in New Guinea and Australia (McCarthy 1957 )—from the Pleistocene until present times; it ignores the fact that later stone implements, such as some of the handstones used during the Neolithic for grinding cereals, have a production process comprising only one step (i.e., seeking a suitable piece of rock; ibid . ), which makes them, per definition [8], simpler than Oldowan tools; it ignores the fact that, as already hinted at, the use of osseous materials might have actually simplified production processes; and so forth.…”

The Obsidian in the Aegean Beyond Melos: An Outlook From Yali

“…1982, 191). Owing to this fact, many scholars disregard its existence and do not include it as a possible source of obsidian (Barber 1987, 113; Cosmopoulos 1991, 76; Karimali 2005, 182; Robb and Farr 2005, 35). Nonetheless, obsidian from Antiparos in the form of nodules and flakes has been recovered from LN Saliagos, a small islet probably connected to Antiparos at the time of its occupation (Cann et al .…”

“…Flaked tools are very common in assemblages, but their study in Aegean prehistory has only attracted serious attention in recent years. The most common materials for making these tools are chert, which at many sites is available locally, quartz, radiolarite, rhyolite, hornstone, chalcedony, jasper and obsidian (Carter and Ydo 1996, 155; Karimali 2005, 182, 187; Kozlowski et al . 1996, 296–7; Matzanas 2000, 1–2; Moundrea‐Agrafioti 1997, 170–1; 2004, 473; Perlès 1992, 128; Rapp 2002, 71; Robb and Farr 2005, 28–9).…”

“…1996, 296–7; Matzanas 2000, 1–2; Moundrea‐Agrafioti 1997, 170–1; 2004, 473; Perlès 1992, 128; Rapp 2002, 71; Robb and Farr 2005, 28–9). Exploitable obsidian sources are rare across the world; in the Mediterranean they are evident only on islands, while in the Carpathians, central and eastern Anatolia, Ethiopia and Eritrea they are found in inland mountainous areas (Karimali 2005, 182; Renfrew and Aspinall 1990, 259–61; Robb and Farr 2005, 35).…”

Οι Λιθοτεχνίες Πελεκημένου Λίθου Της Νεολιθικής Εποχής Στην Ανατολική Και Κεντρική Μακεδονία

“…Ππξηηηθά νλνκάδνληαη ηα πεηξψκαηα πνπ έρνπλ κεγάιε πεξηεθηηθφηεηα ζε δηνμείδην ηνπ ππξηηίνπ (Luedtke 1992: 6-10). ε απηήλ ηελ θαηεγνξία εκπίπηεη θαη ν νςηαλφο (Karimali 2005(Karimali : 181-182, Γεκεηξηάδεο 2008.…”