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Lengyel, Gyorgy ORCID: 0000-0002-7803-3043 and Chu, Wei ORCID: 0000-0002-4595-388X (2016). Long thin blade production and Late Gravettian hunter-gatherer mobility in Eastern Central Europe. Quat. Int., 406. S. 166 - 174. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 1873-4553

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Abstract

The regular and systematic production of long blades (>120 mm) that maintain a thickness (<10 mm) of regular blades (<120 mm) is a particular phenomenon of the Upper Palaeolithic (40-10 ka BP) archaeological record of Eastern Central Europe. However, the mechanical underpinnings of manufacturing these long blades are still not fully understood. This paper presents experimental research that used heavy (similar to 800 g) and light (similar to 570 g) antler percussors to test the effect of percussor weight on the manufacture of Upper Palaeolithic type blades. Statistical analyses showed that a heavier percussor effectively increased the ability to achieve a fine thickness for long blades. The results are then compared to other experimental and archaeological assemblages to suggest that the use of heavy percussors may have played a role in lithic economy of Upper Palaeolithic mobile hunter-gatherers. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lengyel, Gyorgy UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-7803-3043 UNSPECIFIED Chu, Wei UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4595-388X UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-272014
DOI:	10.1016/j.quaint.2016.01.020
Journal or Publication Title:	Quat. Int.
Volume:	406
Page Range:	S. 166 - 174
Date:	2016
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1873-4553
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language FLAKE ATTRIBUTES EVIDENCE; FORMAL APPROACH; PERCUSSION; STONE; ORGANIZATION Multiple languages Geography, Physical; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/27201