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Abstract
The authors used knapping experiments to study the way that microburins are produced. Once thought of as signature pieces of the Mesolithic, these experiments suggest that they were by-products of a gradual technological development by knappers trying to make arrowheads that had no bulb of percussion -- and were thus easier to haft. They make a case for an evolution already present in the late Palaeolithic and determined by practical, rather than cultural, social or environmental imperatives.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 729-741 |
| Number of pages <span style="color:red"p> <font size="1.5"> ✽ </span> </font> | 13 |
| Journal | Antiquity |
| Issue number | 329 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sep 2011 |
Bibliographical note
Martin CarverKeywords
- palaeolithic
- mesolithic
- lithics
- microburins
- arrowheads
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Pioneers at the end of the last ice age. Recent studies on Late Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers in Northern and Central Europe
David De Wilde (Speaker)
22 May 2012 → 25 May 2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Pioneers at the end of the last ice age. Recent studies on Late Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers in Northern and Central Europe
Marc De Bie (Speaker)
22 May 2012 → 25 May 2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference