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- Title
Variability in Ethnographic Hidescraper Use among the Hadiya of Ethiopia: Implications for Reduction Analysis.
- Authors
Sahle, Yonatan; Negash, Agazi; Braun, David
- Abstract
The contemporary use of flaked stone tools provides a rare opportunity to study various aspects of lithic technology. Variables that must be inferred in archaeological contexts can be observed and more easily studied in ethnographic ones. The Hadiya hideworkers of southern Ethiopia, like a few other groups in this region, still retain the tradition of making and using obsidian scrapers on a daily basis for hide-working activities. This ethnoarchaeological study demonstrates how differential access to raw material and the resultant procurement strategies result in intra-group variability in scraper-use intensity. Results show that raw material acquisition costs, which are difficult to identify in archaeological assemblages, represent significant impacts on tool use life and curation.
- Subjects
ETHIOPIA; STONE implements; HADIYA (African people); HIDES &; skins; ETHNOGRAPHIC analysis; ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY
- Publication
African Archaeological Review, 2012, Vol 29, Issue 4, p383
- ISSN
0263-0338
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10437-012-9114-z