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- Title
RECREATING THE FLINTKNAPPER: AN EXPERIMENT EXPLORING LITHIC DEBITAGE AS AN INDICATOR OF BODY POSITION AND HANDEDNESS.
- Authors
STONE, VICKIE
- Abstract
There are very few archaeological sites in the world that formed from a single event. When these sites are excavated, it is difficult to isolate and confirm the evidence of individuals because of the effects of disposal patterns and site-disturbance processes through time. Experimentation is one approach to replicating these scenarios in the hopes of developing a clear picture of how individuals used space. I designed a flintknapping experiment that replicates lithic productions to see if the flake debitage left behind creates distinguishable patterns of individual behavior. The experiment, which tests various specific body positions, from sitting to standing, and handedness of individuals while flintknapping, identifies variable debitage patterning on the ground in spatial relation to the individual. This experiment was designed to test the configuration of a known site, Benedicts Rock (5BL232), for these associations. Comparison of the results of the experiment with ethnographic information and evidence from the small-scale lithic production site, Benedicts Rock (5BL232), suggests that the patterns seen in experimentation and the information about individuals can be used to interpret archaeological contexts.
- Subjects
FLINTKNAPPING; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations; ROCK craft; ARCHAEOLOGY methodology; PREHISTORIC peoples
- Publication
Southwestern Lore, 2014, Vol 80, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0038-4844
- Publication type
Article