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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
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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Weaving
Two spindle whorls from the LBK of Lower Austria (diameter: 2,5 and 1,5 cm; about 5000 BC). At this time hand-spinning and loom-based weaving was fully established in Neolithic societies. Perishable materials, including cordage, nets and textiles, have long been … Continue reading
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Tagged cordage, nets, Perishable materials, spindle whorls, Steinzeit, stone age, textiles, weaving
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The Meaning of Colors
Colorful Neolithic arrowheads (largest example: 6×1,8×0,3 cm). All material productions are culturally, socially and physically embedded. From the ethnological record, we know that in traditional societies, raw material for stone tool production is not solely selected for its functional properties. … Continue reading
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Tagged Colors, Ochre, Pigment, Steinzeit, stone age
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Resharpening, Retooling, Lithic Variability and Behavioral Patterns
Resharpening of stone artifacts as an important factor in determining lithic variability became an important issue in the 1980ies, although first considerations about this topic appeared in the literature as early as the 1867 (Reliquiae Aquitanicae). The phenomenon was also … Continue reading
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Tagged Lithic Variability, Resharpening, Retooling, Steinzeit, stone age
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Middle Paleolithic Convergent Scraper
This is a large scraper from a Non-Levallois blank with convergent ends and side retouches. It was found in the Department of Seine Maritime and is dated between 300 and 50 thousand years BP. Convergent scrapers provide a good example … Continue reading
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Tagged Middle Paleolithic, Mousterian, Reduction, Scaper, Steinzeit, stone age
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Mousterian / MSA Point from Maroc
This is a Middle Paleolithic / MSA Point from Maroc with extraordinary continuous and regular retouches. The projectile function of the artifact displayed here, is obvious. Convergent artifacts in the European Middle Paleolithic and the MSA have been found to … Continue reading
Between the Raw Material Provinces: Handaxe from the Weser Valley
There is a pattern apparent in the distribution of Lower Palaeolithic artefact assemblages in Europe: Handaxe (Acheulian) signatures are normal in the south and west but generally are rare or even absent in the North and East. Lower Paleolithic ensembles … Continue reading
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Tagged Acheulean, Acheulian, Biface, Handaxe, Steinzeit, stone age
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The Quina Mousterian in the Charente: Mousterian Variability
These artefacts are from a single site in the Charente, showing characteristic traits of the Quina-Mousterian of the region. In 1953 François Bordes published an Essay of the classification of “industries moustériennes”, in which he proposed a typology for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Charene, Middle Paleolithic, Mousterian, MSA, Quina, Steinzeit, stone age
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Espines
Espins is a small village 27 km south of Caen in the Region in the Lower-Normandy, Department of Calvados. These handaxes were made of low quality chert and display an “Acheulian” character. They seem to be older than other handaxes … Continue reading
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Tagged Acheulian, Handaxe, Steinzeit, stone age
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