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JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
卷 41, 期 -, 页码 159-184出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2015.12.002
关键词
Mode 1 technology; Lower Pleistocene; Lithic technology; Bipolar reduction; Quartz; Lithic assemblages
资金
- Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, Direccion General de Cooperacion Internacional y Relaciones Institucionales of the Spanish Government [HF2007-0122]
- AGAUR Generalitat de Catalunya [CONE-3/2010, CONE30007]
- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad [CGL2012-38434-C03-03]
- National Science Foundation of China [41272033]
- Fundacion Atapuerca
The lithic assemblage of the Pont-de-Lavaud site (Indre, France) shows a technical choice within the Lower Pleistocene European Mode I sites, which is defined by the widespread use of the bipolar-on anvil knapping technique. Although it is traditionally considered an expedient percussion method, in this lithic assemblage a selective technical behavior regarding the reduction methods and raw material is identified. In this respect, different knapping methods are applied in accordance with a combination of the percussion axis and the recurrence of the reduction series. These features are also observed in the archaeological record from other Lower and Middle Pleistocene sites, which are discussed in the text. The role of this knapping technique in the hominin technology is, in our opinion, greater than previously believed. Its implementation cannot be considered as proof of opportunistic or expedient activities. The bipolar-on-anvil technique is applied in different contexts, on different raw materials and as a technical choice or gesture in the reduction sequences. Because of its low technical requirements, it can be considered as a successful technological strategy for overcoming raw material constraints for producing some specific types of pieces. Its ubiquitous presence, both from a diachronic and geographical point of view, is proof of its considerable technical versatility and, hence, of Mode 1 hominin technological flexibility and capabilities. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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