The use of bone retouchers in a Mousterian context of Discoid lithic technology
| Autor: | Rossella Duches, Marco Peresani, Davide Delpiano, Mirka Govoni, Nicola Nannini, Eva Francesca Martellotta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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010506 paleontology
Archeology Neanderthal Socio-culturale Context (language use) 01 natural sciences Bone tools retouching Discoid technology Middle Palaeolithic Italy MIS3 Lithic technology Cave biology.animal Assemblage (archaeology) 0601 history and archaeology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences geography geography.geographical_feature_category 060102 archaeology biology Mousterian SH6_2 06 humanities and the arts Archaeology Cultural expression Anthropology |
| Zdroj: | Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 12 |
| ISSN: | 1866-9565 1866-9557 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12520-020-01155-6 |
| Popis: | Bone retouchers are an important behavioural marker in the definition of several Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic cultural complexes. However, their relationship with the assemblages of knapped stone artefacts is still to be investigated particularly in specific but not uncommon lithic contexts of the Middle Palaeolithic in Europe. This paper offers insights to evaluate the use of bone retouchers in a context of Discoid lithic technology, a significant cultural expression largely spread in many regions during MIS3. The study case is the lithic and osseous assemblage of unit A9 at Fumane Cave, in north-eastern Italy. A detailed analysis of the bone retouchers is presented for the first time; their technological features are then correlated with the characteristic of the retouch observed on the lithic tools recovered in the same unit. The study contributes to complete a picture of Neanderthal economic behaviour. |
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