Obsidian procurement and technologies in the Chalcolithic of Armenia : an example from Getahovit 2 cave
| Autor: | Nicolas Tardy, Bernard GRATUZE, Irena Kalantaryan, Bérengère Perello |
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| Přispěvatelé: | ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien (Archéorient), Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), IRAMAT - Centre Ernest Babelon (IRAMAT-CEB), Institut de Recherches sur les Archéomatériaux (IRAMAT), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM), Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Perello, Bérengère |
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[SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory
Holocene [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory [SDE.ES] Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society Armenia Lithic Industry Lithic technology [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society |
| Zdroj: | HAL 24th EAA annual meeting : Workshop "Strategies of obsidian procurement, knapping and use in the first farming societies from the Caucasus to the Mediterranean" 24th EAA annual meeting : Workshop "Strategies of obsidian procurement, knapping and use in the first farming societies from the Caucasus to the Mediterranean", Sep 2018, Barcelone, Spain CIÊNCIAVITAE |
| Popis: | International audience; Getahovit 2 is a cave discovered in 2010 and situated in the valley of the Khachakhpyur river, in the Tavush region (Northeastern Armenia). The excavation of the cave during 7 years revealed human occupations ranging from the Middle Ages up to the Late Palaeolithic periods. This paper only focuses on procurement strategies and technologies of lithic artefacts recovered from the Chalcolithic layers, where the cave was mostly used as a sheepfold for transhument shepherds. Lithic assemblage from these chalcolithic layers is predominantly made of obsidian originating from 3 obsidian sources in Armenia and a great dichotomy in the technologies used is observed:The majority of the lithic industry consists of small flakes, cores and chips deriving from simple production techniques such as hard hammer direct percussion and anvil technique on small nodules with cortical residues. The lithic analysis suggests a direct procurement strategy from the obsidian sources in the form of small nodules knapped in the cave itself (opportunistic model). On the other hand, the presence of a few very regular blades produced using pressure techniques which appear to be imported to the site as finished products raises the question of a totally different procurement strategy probably set through exchanges with neighboring villages located closer to the source (down the line exchange). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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