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The chaîne opératoire of flat and shoe-last adzes
This is a polished Amphibolite artifact with bilaterally, somewhat irregularly grooves on both sides found in the 1960ies at a LBK-site near Göttingen (Lower Saxony; Germany). The finder, suggested its use as an Arrow shaft polisher, but it has to … Continue reading
Shoe-last adze from Vedrovice and social differentiation during the LBK
This a Shoe-last adze (18 cm long) from Vedrovice / Moravia, found in the 1950ies as a surface stray find. Shoe-last adzes are typical long, thin, chisel-shaped implements of the LBK in Central Europe, but were in use until the … Continue reading
Posted in Plaeolithics and Neolithics
Tagged LBK, neolithic, Schuhleistenkeil, Shoe-last adze, Vedrovice
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The Aurignacian in Lower Austria revisited
This is a Burin from the Krems Hundssteig site, made from Radiolarite and dating either to the Aurignacian or Gravettian. The Krems Hundssteig site is one of several sites in the Krems valley with Aurignacian material, dated between 41-31 k.a. … Continue reading
Posted in Plaeolithics and Neolithics
Tagged Aurignacian, Aurignacien, Krems Hunddsteig, Lower Austria, Willendorf
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Secondary Context
This is a boat shape axe (16 cm long) found in the stone wall of the old school at Tåsinge, DK, which was built in 1826. It is an axe in a secondary context and certainly was not sealed in … Continue reading
Posted in Plaeolithics and Neolithics
Tagged Boat shaped axe, ceraunea, neolithic, secondary context, Shaft hole axe, thunderbolt
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Sophistication
Middle English sophisticaten, to adulterate, from Medieval Latin sophisticre, sophistict-, from Latin sophisticus, sophistic, from Greek sophistikos, from sophists, sophist; see sophist.]. Being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; “understanding volumetric concepts in flint knapping requires considerable sophistication”. The simple … Continue reading
Posted in Plaeolithics and Neolithics
Tagged Acheulean, Cleaver, Human Revolution paradigm, Sophistication
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Update, Discussions, Contributions…
Posts of this blog will be regularly updated (please look at the “Updated Posts” section). This means that new pictures and/ or ammendments to the texts are available. I am allways happy about specific comments and discussion. I recommend to … Continue reading
Handaxe from the Leine Valley
This is a handaxe (10×7,5×2,3 cm) from the gravels at Hannover / Döhren found in the 1930ies. During the beginning of OIS8 at about 300 k.a. BP, hand axe bearing industries appear in Central Europe which contain numerous Levallois forms … Continue reading
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Tagged Acheulean, Acheulian, Handaxe, Hanover, Hundisleben, Leine Valley, Levallois, Markkleeberg, Middle Paleolithic, Reuthersruh
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Bechar / Algeria: Aterian Artifacts and their functional meaning
These are some “Aterian” artifacts from the Algerian Sahara showing the variability of a random sample. The morphological continuum of Aterian tools ranges from pointed and elongated triangular forms to rounded and squat blunt forms, as demonstrated in this post. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aterian, Aterien, MSA, Scraper, Steinzeit, stone age, tanged point, Variability
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