Search results for "Hafting"
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The Magdalenian harpoons from the Iberian Mediterranean, based on pieces from Cova de les Cendres (Teulada-Moraira, Valencian region)
2012
Abstract Harpoons are one of the most characteristic implements of the Upper Magdalenian. However, morphologic differences in barbs and bases mark different regional traditions. This paper gives an account of the main features of harpoons in the Iberian Mediterranean, based on findings from Cova de les Cendres, and compares them with those found in other areas in Western Europe. The specificities of Mediterranean harpoons (a single range of barbs, variable length and number of barbs, and lack of hafting devices on the base) are considered in discussion of their potential functions and possible hafting systems.
Experimental basis in lithic arrows usage and hafting at the end of the last glaciation in the French Alps
2017
Abstract To identify lithic arrowheads from Prehistoric sites is very difficult because there is a great variability in their morphology and in the ways of hafting and throwing them. Variables playing in their use are numerous. Some experimental approaches try to explain traces in prehistorical lithic points by mean of paying attention at some of these variables. Many researchers have used morphological parameters to distinguish spear from arrowheads, showing which characteristics define the potential of each type of weapon in ethnographical examples. However, only an accurate use-wear analysis that pays attention on macro and micro-wear traces and which is grounded on systematically experi…
Upper Paleolithic Bone and Antler Projectiles in the Spanish Mediterranean Region: The Magdalenian Period
2016
We have focused our study on the projectile points of Cova de Parpallo. The Magdalenian sequence in this archaeological site is one of the most complete in the Upper Paleolithic from the southwest of Europe. We have analyzed 334 pieces from an assemblage that includes well over 2000 finished objects, and consider these weapons as a representative sample from two well differentiated Magdalenian phases. The first period studied dates to the Badegoulian (layer 2.40–2.20 m), while the second is Upper Magdalenian (layer 0.80–1.00 m). The main aspects of this analysis are typological evaluation (hafting kinds or bases, sections, morphometry) and fracture patterns (position and kinds of fractures,…