An Alien In The Microlithic Assemblage : Functional Analysis Of A Large Tanged Tool From The Early Mesolithic Settlement Of Městec/Ostrov (Czech Republic)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.26720/anthro.22.03.24.1" target="_blank" >10.26720/anthro.22.03.24.1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
An Alien In The Microlithic Assemblage : Functional Analysis Of A Large Tanged Tool From The Early Mesolithic Settlement Of Městec/Ostrov (Czech Republic)
Original language description
The article deals with an atypical large tanged tool from the archaeological site of Městec/Ostrov in Eastern Bohemia (Czech Republic) found in a context of the microlithic assemblage typical for local Early Mesolithic settlement. This tool differs from a majority of lithic artefacts excavated on this site from technological as well as typological point of view. Morphologically it reminds Late Glacial Northern European tanged points, which were used as components of projectile weapons. However, an abrupt retouch shaping a tip of the analysed tool would be inconvenient for this kind of utilization. The functional analysis resulted in the outcome that, at least in the last stage of the artefact biography, it was not used as a projectile point, but rather as a multifunctional domestic tool, which could have been used for processing of various material (wood, bone and soft animal tissues). Traceological analysis suggests that the terminal part of the artefact was used as a borer, while the lateral edges were used for cutting and whittling. Finally, the occurrence of this tool type in this context is discussed. It remains unclear, whether this artefact represents a northern import, or if it is a Late Glacial reminiscence or even admixture. Also, it cannot be decided, if it was originally manufactured as a domestic tool, or if it is a reutilized tanged point.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Anthropologie : [international journal of the science of man]
ISSN
0323-1119
e-ISSN
2570-9127
Volume of the periodical
60
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
61-74
UT code for WoS article
000920948700002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
999