The Analysis of Stone Tool Procurement, Production, and Maintenance

Andrefsky, William

doi:10.1007/s10814-008-9026-2

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“…By devising a sequence of procedures, we entered the system of modern lithic organization, as it is defined by William Andrefsky, which was the greatest result in our approach (Andrefsky 2009). It turned out that the realization of the experiment implied a far wider framework of preparation and observation, thus coming closer to the poorly visible boundary between objective state and subjective estimate, an eternal dilemma and the moving question in archaeology.…”

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An archaeological experiment and new knowledge about the chipped stone industry from the Vinča culture

Petrović¹

2016

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Abstract:In order to examine the hypothesis of our knowledge on the Vinča chipped stone industry which was spreading on the territory of Serbia during the Late Neolithic until the Chalcolithic (the end of the 6 th and the beginning of the 5 th millennia BCE) and the previously noticed changes within it, we started from the question about the process of chipped stone tool production and the life cycle of artefacts. A series of preparatory activities in making replicas of flint sickles and the realization of a harvesting process contributed to gaining better knowledge on sequences of stone production technology, from the supply strategy to the production and utilization of artefacts. The main goal of the experiment was to obtain authentic traces of use on the working edges and creation of the first visual comparative database with examples from the region.Preliminary results essentially influenced our determination of the methods applied for reduction sequences during the Vinča culture. A significant result was achieved with the first quantifications of raw materials for making tools, such as a sickle and needs during one season, as well as with the precise definition of areas of sown land necessary for maintenance of an average Vinča family.

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An archaeological experiment and new knowledge about the chipped stone industry from the Vinča culture

Petrović¹

2016

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“…Another possible indicator of secondary deposition of chert artifacts is the near absence of refits in the assemblage (Andrefsky, 2009;Morrow, 1996). We tried to rearticulate flakes to bifaces and cores, as well as to other flakes that may have been involved in the same reduction process.…”

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Ancientg Maya Stone Tools and Ritual Use of Deep Valley Rockshelter, Belize

Stemp¹,

Wrobel²,

Haley³

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This paper discusses the technological and microscopic use-wear analyses of the chert debitage excavated from Deep Valley Rockshelter. This rockshelter, located in the Caves Branch River Valley of central Belize, was primarily used by the ancient Maya from the Late Preclassic to Terminal Classic periods and may demonstrate a pattern of rockshelter usage by the Classic period Maya. To test whether such a pattern exists, lithic data from Caves Branch Rockshelter and other rockshelters in Belize, specifically those in the Sibun Valley and the Ek Xux Valley, are compared. Interpretations are complicated, however, by the severe mixing of deposits, which makes segregating the lithic artifacts into different reduction or use events nearly impossible. Moreover, this mixing severely hampers reconstructions of diachronic change in stone-tool use in the rockshelter. While acknowledging these limitations, our analysis suggests that the lithics in the rockshelter are primarily the result of reduction and use-related activities that originally occurred at other nearby surface sites rather than in the rockshelter itself. Consequently, the chipped-stone artifacts recovered from this rockshelter most likely result from secondary deposition of debitage for ritual purposes and represent accumulation over many years. We suspect this type of secondary deposition of debitage was also occurring at other rockshelters in Belize, based on comparisons to the chipped stone assemblages from these locations. We cannot discount the possibility that some stone tool production and use may have originally occurred in Deep Valley Rockshelter, but support for this is minimal.

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“…La cronología fue determinada a partir de la identificación de atributos diagnósticos para componentes cronoló-gicos concretos ( El análisis de los artefactos líticos fue realizado a nivel macroscópico (Calla 2009). El análisis tecnológico se basó en la identificación de atributos individuales de cada pieza observada (Aldenderfer 1998;Andrefsky 2005Andrefsky , 2009Odell 2003;Sackett 1989). La definición de materia prima incluyó una apreciación cualitativa de la distancia desde la zona del hallazgo hacia la probable fuente o cantera en base a mapas geológicos y nuestra experiencia en la región de estudio.…”

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“…El desecho de talla fue incluido en el análisis debido a que proporciona elementos para entender la remoción secuencial de las piezas de descarte, las actividades de reducción de núcleos y la producción de herramientas, así como el lugar donde (las herramientas líticas) fueron confeccionadas y su posterior transporte, transformación (incluyendo retoque) o descarte (Andrefsky 2009). Asimismo, sobre la base de investigaciones previas, se elaboró una tipología de artefactos para el área de estudio como herramienta para ordenar la variabilidad identificada de una manera relacional y jerárquica (ver Aldenderfer 1998; Klink y Aldenderfer 2005).…”

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Tecnología Lítica Y Estrategias De Subsistencia Durante Los Períodos Arcaico Y Formativo en El Altiplano Central, Bolivia

2011

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Los cambios producidos en los sistemas de subsistencia de caza-recolección al cultivo de plantas y crianza de camélidos constituyen una de las transiciones más interesantes en la arqueología del altiplano andino. En este reporte se presentan resultados preliminares del análisis de patrones de asentamiento y materiales líticos recuperados en la región de Iroco, el margen noreste del Lago Uru-Uru, en el altiplano central de Bolivia. Los cambios producidos en los sistemas de asentamiento entre el período Arcaico (10.000-3.500 a.p.) y el período Formativo (3.500-1.600 a.p.) están relacionados con cambios en la organización económica y patrones de movilidad. Sin embargo, los cambios tecnológicos se encuentran enmarcados en una posible tradición de utilización de recursos y procesos de manufactura aplicados a los materiales líticos.Palabras claves: Arcaico, Formativo, Wankarani, líticos, patrones de asentamiento. La transición entre el período Arcaico (10.000-3.500 a.p.) y el período Formativo (3.500-1.600 a.p.) en los Andes sur-centrales se caracteriza por la sedentarización de poblaciones humanas a partir del desarrollo e incorporación de tecnologías de subsistencia agrícola (Browman 1981;Hastorf 2008;Stanish 2003). En este reporte presentamos datos preliminares de patrones de asentamiento y tecnología lítica asociados con esta transición en el altiplano boliviano. Durante el período Formativo el altiplano fue escenario de varias manifestaciones culturales, entre el complejo arqueológico Wankarani, caracterizado por asentamientos en forma de montí-culos, conformados por superficies con estructuras circulares superpuestas y la presencia de esculturas líticas representando a efigies de camélidos (Ayala y Uribe 2003; Ayala et al. 2008;Bermann y Estévez Castillo 1995;Fox 2007;Janusek 2008;McAndrews 1998McAndrews , 2001McAndrews , 2005Michel López 2008;. Changes in subsistence systems from hunter-gathering to plant cultivation and animal husbandry are one of the least understood aspects in the archaeology of the Andean highlands. In this report we present preliminary results the analysis of settlement patterns and lithic materials recovered from the Iroco area, in the northeast margin of LakePese a que existe una insuficiencia de estudios, específicamente enfocados en entender a las poblaciones cazadoras-recolectoras que antecedieron el desarrollo del complejo Wankarani, varios investigadores han sugerido que durante el período Formativo, en el altiplano central boliviano, se consolidó un modo de vida agropastoril. Más aún, se desconoce la relación entre la organización económica y la tecnología de subsistencia asociada con grupos del período Arcaico y el complejo

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The Analysis of Stone Tool Procurement, Production, and Maintenance

Cited by 253 publications

References 164 publications

An archaeological experiment and new knowledge about the chipped stone industry from the Vinča culture

An archaeological experiment and new knowledge about the chipped stone industry from the Vinča culture

Ancientg Maya Stone Tools and Ritual Use of Deep Valley Rockshelter, Belize

Tecnología Lítica Y Estrategias De Subsistencia Durante Los Períodos Arcaico Y Formativo en El Altiplano Central, Bolivia

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