Non-flaked stones used in the Mesolithic Eastern Alpine Region: A functional assessment from Romagnano Loc III and Pradestel sites
| Autor: | Andrea Zupancich, Alex Fontana, Elisabetta Flor, Rossella Duches, Marialetizia Carra, Federica Fontana, Isabella Caricola, Emanuela Cristiani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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010506 paleontology
Archeology 060102 archaeology Range (biology) Use Wear SH6_2 Residues 06 humanities and the arts SH6_1 01 natural sciences Archaeology NO Eastern Alpine region Hunter Gatherers Mesolithic Non-flaked stone tools Plant and animal residues Indirect evidence Non-flaked stone tools Use Wear Residues Mesolithic Eastern Alpine region Hunter Gatherers Plant and animal residues Geography 0601 history and archaeology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports |
| ISSN: | 2352-409X |
| Popis: | Recent advances in the functional study of stone technology have highlighted how, since the early Paleolithic, non-flaked stone tools were employed in a wide range of tasks, from food processing to craft activities. Non-flaked tools are documented within the stone assemblages of various Mesolithic sites of Italy. However, these tools are still poorly known and no analysis was ever conducted for investigating their use. In this study, we present the results of the functional study performed on Mesolithic non-flaked stone artefacts from Pradestel and Romagnano Loc III, two sites located in the Adige Valley of the Eastern Alpine region of Italy. This area yielded some of the best-known Mesolithic record in Europe, and significant evidence of forager lifeways between the second half of the 10th millennium cal BC and the beginning of the 6th millennium cal BC. Through the application of qualitative and quantitative functional analyses we were able to interpret residues and use wear from the processing of plant and animal materials, finally assessing the activities performed with non-flaked stones at both sites. Our data provide the first direct evidence of the role played by little modified pebbles in the daily life of the Mesolithic foragers of the Italian Eastern Alpine region, so far assumed only through indirect evidence. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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