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Mariel Bencomo Viala
A Review of Splintered Pieces from Two Lithic Assemblages in Mediterranean Europe: Grotta Della Serratura (Marina di Camerota, Italy) and Cueva de Nerja (Málaga, Spain)
The interest of this paper lies in the analysis of variability detected within the group of splintered pieces, establishing distinctions within this broad category. A technological and traceologica...
Understanding woodworking in Paleolithic times by means of use-wear analysis
Abstract Throughout prehistory, wood working was a frequent activity. The indices of this activity comes from rare found wooden remains, and the analysis of use-wear on them. In most recent periods, there are stone polished tools and metal tools, that increase the capability of wood transformation. This is not the case for older times, from which only knapped tools are available. The woodworking chaine operatoire includes activities of selection and acquisition of raw material, but also the transformation and the finish of objects and structures. Use-wear analysis in many sites illustrates this. However, a systematic compilation of published traceological analysis has not been made recently…
Estudio Experimental y traceológico sobre piezas destinadas al trabajo de la madera (cuñas y azuelas) a través de réplicas de soportes paleolíticos y neolíticos
En este trabajo experimental se han reproducido y utilizado una serie de piezas comunes a distintos períodos cronológicos, desde el Paleolítico Medio al Neolítico, que presentan un característico filo astillado opuesto a otra zona astillada, o a una superficie manifiesta o potencialmente percutida. Nuestro objetivo es comprobar si la función de estas piezas pudo ser como cuñas (percutor intermedio), cinceles o azuelas para hendir o tallar la madera a partir de la valoración de la eficacia en experimentación y de las huellas de uso. In this experimental work we have recreated and used a series of pieces from different chronological periods, including Middle Paleolithic to Neolithic, as they …