The identification of style in lithic artefacts

Close, Angela E.

doi:10.1080/00438243.1978.9979732

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“…77-82;Larick, 1985), linguistic/dialect differences (Wiessner, 1983(Wiessner, , 1985, kinship descent systems (Hill, 1970, pp. 69-72;Longacre, 1964Longacre, , 1970Plog, 1978), learning groups (Close, 1977(Close, , 1989, coresidential units (Rick, 1980, pp. 314-316), and the individual (Gunn, 1975;Wiessner, 1983).…”

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An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Hafting and Stone Tool Diversity among the Gamo of Ethiopia

Weedman

2006

J Archaeol Method Theory

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The significance of flaked stone tool variation has been a source of great archaeological debate for over 100 years. Even though evidence for stone tool hafting exists as far back as the Middle Paleolithic/Middle Stone Age, there is a dearth of information concerning how hafting affects stone tool technology. This ethnoarchaeological study of hafted stone scrapers among the Gamo of southern Ethiopia examines why a single cultural group utilizes two different hafts, which generate different lithic morphologies, technologies, and spatial distributions. The relationships between history, environment, and social group membership are explored to demonstrate how these associations create variation in technological practices.

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An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Hafting and Stone Tool Diversity among the Gamo of Ethiopia

Weedman

2006

J Archaeol Method Theory

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“…Refs. [25,26,38]). However, detailed typological profiles from a regional sample of sites are already widely accessible in the literature, offering an immediately available resource for preliminary tests of hypotheses about what caused variation in microlith assemblages.…”

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Computationally intensive multivariate statistics and relative frequency distributions in archaeology (with an application to the Early Epipaleolithic of the Levant)

Stutz

Estabrook

2004

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…This trait finds comparisons with Layer X in the Haua Fteah sequence (McBurney 1967). Although this layer was likened to the well-known Capsian of the Maghreb (McBurney 1967), Close (1978Close ( , 1986 demonstrated that it was far more similar to the underlying Iberomaurusian. In fact, changes are gradual and continuous and differences could be explained with a different subsistence economy.…”

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Ecological Patterns in the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene in the Jebel Gharbi, Northern Libya: Chronology, Climate and Human Occupation

Barich

Garcea

2008

Afr Archaeol Rev

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Surveys and test excavations in the Jebel Gharbi have brought to light a large quantity of prehistoric sites indicating intensive human occupation from the Upper Pleistocene to the Holocene. Several radiometric dates (standard 14 C, AMS and U/Th) provide a detailed framework of the absolute chronology of the local peopling of the area. Generalised Middle Stone Age archaeological materials represent the earliest term of reference in the geological series. Aterian complexes are well-represented, being widely spread throughout the mountain range and in the lowlands. Lower Later Stone Age, or "Dabban", artefacts are also attested to both geological and archaeological sequences. Human occupation continued with the Upper and Final Epipalaeolithic (or "Iberomaurusian") and later, with Capsian and Neolithic groups. Permanent and seasonal water springs and raw material sources influenced settlement strategy and selected areas offered particularly favourable conditions and became intensively occupied.Résumé Reconnaissances et sondages dans le Jebel Gharbi ont mis au jour une grande quantité de sites préhistoriques qui suggèrent une occupation intensive du Pléistocène supérieur à l'Holocène. Nombreux dates radiométriques ( 14 C, AMS et U/Th) fournissent un cadre détaillé de la chronologie absolue de l'occupation locale de la zone. Matériels archéologiques du Paléolithique moyen représentent le terme de référence le plus ancien dans les stratigraphies géologiques. Les assemblages atériens sont bien représentés, en étant présent soit dans le massif soit dans la pleine. Des sites du Paléolithique moyen ou "Dabbéen" sont aussi connus dans les séquences géologiques et archéologiques. L'occupation humaine continue avec les Upper et Final Epipaléolithique (ou "Ibéromaurusien") et, après, avec des groupes Afr Archaeol Rev (2008) 25:87-97 capsiens et néolithiques. Sources d'eau permanentes et saisonnières ont influencé la stratégie des gisements et des zones sélectionnées ont offert des conditions particulièrement favorables et sont devenu intensivement occupées.

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The identification of style in lithic artefacts

Cited by 46 publications

References 8 publications

An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Hafting and Stone Tool Diversity among the Gamo of Ethiopia

An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Hafting and Stone Tool Diversity among the Gamo of Ethiopia

Computationally intensive multivariate statistics and relative frequency distributions in archaeology (with an application to the Early Epipaleolithic of the Levant)

Ecological Patterns in the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene in the Jebel Gharbi, Northern Libya: Chronology, Climate and Human Occupation

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