Function of Jasper and Flint Microliths at the Malý Faraon Mesolithic Rock Shelter. An Experimental Approach
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081758%3A_____%2F25%3A00644818" target="_blank" >RIV/68081758:_____/25:00644818 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/62690094:18460/25:50022593
Result on the web
<a href="https://iansa.eu/papers/IANSA-2025-01-marko-doi.pdf" target="_blank" >https://iansa.eu/papers/IANSA-2025-01-marko-doi.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.24916/iansa.2025.1.3" target="_blank" >10.24916/iansa.2025.1.3</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Function of Jasper and Flint Microliths at the Malý Faraon Mesolithic Rock Shelter. An Experimental Approach
Original language description
From hunting implements to more versatile tools, the function of Mesolithic microliths have been questioned for a long time. Extensive experiments have contributed to a more nuanced understanding of fractures and other microscopic traces that are diagnostic of impacts on flint tools. In the northern Bohemian Mesolithic, raw materials are diverse with jasper representing an important source at some sites. In this study, we tested whether fractures on jasper backed points and triangular microliths used as projectiles exhibit similar wear to those made of erratic flint. To address this, we applied our observations to the Mesolithic assemblage of microliths from the Malý Faraon rock shelter, Czech Republic. The results of the archery experiment revealed that fractures on jasper microliths are comparable to the flint ones. Possible differences were observed between the various hafting modes. Microliths hafted as straight points displayed mainly parallel fractures, while barbs and oblique points displayed fractures on the sharp edges more often than other hafting modes, and the transversely hafted pieces showed a variety of traces. The use-wear analysis of the archaeological microliths revealed that most microliths were used as projectiles. Hunting and hide-working activities documented at the Malý Faraon rock shelter will contribute to the final interpretation of the site and its role in Mesolithic subsistence strategies.
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
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica-Natural Sciences in Archaeology
ISSN
1804-848X
e-ISSN
2336-1220
Volume of the periodical
16
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
33-49
UT code for WoS article
001533701900004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105009086465