The Technique of Pressure Knapping in Central Asia: Innovation or Diffusion?

Brunet, Frédérique

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-2003-3_12

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“…). As regards the trapezes, these tools are typologically different from those already known from the Mesolithic sites of both the Mulri Hills (Karachi) and the Thar Desert of Upper Sindh (Biagi 2003–2004; Biagi ), and also the aceramic Neolithic layers of Mehrgarh (Lechevallier ; Costantini ; Jarrige ), which closely resemble Central Asian horned types (Brunet : 320).…”

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The shell middens of Las Bela coast and the Indus delta (Arabian Sea, Pakistan)

Biagi

2013

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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The surveys carried out along the coast of Las Bela (Balochistan) and the Indus delta (Sindh), have shown that these two regions were inhabited since the end of the eighth millennium BP. The discovery of shell middens along the shores of Daun Bay and Lake Siranda (Las Bela), have radically changed our view of the prehistory of this territory. The surveys conducted in the Indus delta have revealed that all the rocky outcrops rising from the alluvium are covered with chipped stone artefacts and marine and mangrove shells, which were radiocarbon dated between the seventh and fourth millennium BP, showing that all the outcrops above were islands at least until Hellenistic times. The radiocarbon results obtained from a few shell samples indicate that some of these islands had already been settled at the beginning of the seventh millennium BP, suggesting that seafaring was already practised along the northern Arabian Sea coast at least since the beginning of the Neolithic.

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The shell middens of Las Bela coast and the Indus delta (Arabian Sea, Pakistan)

Biagi

2013

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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“…This industry can be compared to those of the hunter-fishers complexes of the Lower Uzboy and Oyuklin, dated 9-7 kaBP (Korobkova, 1996) and to the Neolithic assemblage from Koshimian cave (Vahdati Nasab et al, 2020). Thus, the use of soft hammer knapping technique during the Mesolithic and the pressure technique during the Neolithic (Leroy et al, 2019) appears to be a common trend The earliest evidence of pressure based lithic technology in Central Asia dates back to 13 kaBP (Motuzaite et al, 2017) and during the Early Holocene we see a broad spread of this technology in the region (Brunеt, 2002;Brunet, 2012).…”

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The human cultures in South-Eastern Caspian region in final Pleistocene – Holocene period

Svetlana

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Yanina

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Archaeological Research in Asia

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“…However, whether this technique is identifiable in the archaeological record remains another matter. For several decades, various techno-morphological criteria for identifying the pressure knapping technique have been proposed in relation to replicative pressure debitage experiments [6,56,[69][70][71][72]. The main criteria presented here are as follows:…”

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Human Population Dynamics and the Emergence of Microblade Technology in Northeast Asia during the Upper Palaeolithic: A Current View

Takakura

2024

The Prehistory of Human Migration - Human Expansion, Resource Use, and Mortuary Practice in Maritime Asia

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The widespread distribution of microblade assemblages has been discussed in connection with human migration and cultural transmission across Northeast Asia during MIS 2. However, there has been no clear consensus among researchers on the interrelationships between the emergence of microblade assemblages and the construction of human population dynamics in Northeast Asia. Recent evidence makes systematic verification still necessary to determine whether the scenario of simple migration from North Asia is sufficient to explain spatiotemporal variation in lithic assemblages in different regions of Northeast Asia. Elucidating the diversity of reduction processes and knapping techniques among lithic assemblages across Northeast Asia is important for understanding of human population dynamics. This chapter reviews the current state of the study of microblade technology in Northeast Asia, focusing on the issues of the definition of microblades and microblade technology and their impacts on the current interpretations.

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The Technique of Pressure Knapping in Central Asia: Innovation or Diffusion?

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

The shell middens of Las Bela coast and the Indus delta (Arabian Sea, Pakistan)

The shell middens of Las Bela coast and the Indus delta (Arabian Sea, Pakistan)

The human cultures in South-Eastern Caspian region in final Pleistocene – Holocene period

Human Population Dynamics and the Emergence of Microblade Technology in Northeast Asia during the Upper Palaeolithic: A Current View

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