Technological Choice and Raw Material Availability: Lithic Production Implements in Western Belize

Autor:	Rachel A. Horowitz
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	010506 paleontology Archeology River valley 060102 archaeology 06 humanities and the arts Raw material 01 natural sciences Archaeology Geography Anthropology Maya Production (economics) 0601 history and archaeology Technological choice 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Zdroj:	Lithic Technology. 43:172-185
ISSN:	2051-6185 0197-7261
DOI:	10.1080/01977261.2018.1482608
Popis:	In lithic studies, much attention is devoted to analyses of production processes and finished tools while little attention is paid to production implements. Hammerstones present an interesting problem as many areas with readily available lithic raw material sources lack materials for high-quality hammerstones. This paper uses a case study from a chert-rich area, the upper Belize River valley of western Belize, to examine how the Late Classic Maya acquired material to be used as hammerstones. This paper finds that lithic producers used locally available poor-quality stone as well as imported materials, such as groundstone, as hammerstones, suggesting multiple acquisition networks existed through which lithic producers obtained percussion implements.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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