Rhyolite grinding-milling tools in focus: Assessing kinematics with the help of use-wear analysis

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985912%3A_____%2F23%3A00580528" target="_blank" >RIV/67985912:_____/23:00580528 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11210/23:10474109

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.35686/AR.2023.9" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.35686/AR.2023.9</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.35686/AR.2023.9" target="_blank" >10.35686/AR.2023.9</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Rhyolite grinding-milling tools in focus: Assessing kinematics with the help of use-wear analysis

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Past societies have used various raw materials for making grinding-milling tools (GMT). These included rhyolite, a hard volcanic rock with a porphyritic texture and pores, which is suitable for grinding. Thus far, no experiments have been carried out involving use-wear analysis on rhyolite grinding stones, and more specifically on Neolithic GMTs made of this raw material. Therefore, in this paper, we present an experimental program designed to investigate the development of wear from the grinding of einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum) on rhyolite GMT replicas. To test the resulting observations, four GMTs found at the Neolithic site of Vchynice were used as a case study. However, the results of the experiments can be used to study these important artefacts in other geographic and cultural areas. The experiment has yielded several important findings relating to the kinematics of the tools and throws new light on their users. The orientation of the tool relative to the user can be distinguished based on the distribution of the use-wear traces. The study of the archaeological assemblage revealed that substances other than einkorn wheat, which was used for our experimental grinding, were processed on the Neolithic GMTs.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Rhyolite grinding-milling tools in focus: Assessing kinematics with the help of use-wear analysis

Popis výsledku anglicky

Past societies have used various raw materials for making grinding-milling tools (GMT). These included rhyolite, a hard volcanic rock with a porphyritic texture and pores, which is suitable for grinding. Thus far, no experiments have been carried out involving use-wear analysis on rhyolite grinding stones, and more specifically on Neolithic GMTs made of this raw material. Therefore, in this paper, we present an experimental program designed to investigate the development of wear from the grinding of einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum) on rhyolite GMT replicas. To test the resulting observations, four GMTs found at the Neolithic site of Vchynice were used as a case study. However, the results of the experiments can be used to study these important artefacts in other geographic and cultural areas. The experiment has yielded several important findings relating to the kinematics of the tools and throws new light on their users. The orientation of the tool relative to the user can be distinguished based on the distribution of the use-wear traces. The study of the archaeological assemblage revealed that substances other than einkorn wheat, which was used for our experimental grinding, were processed on the Neolithic GMTs.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA22-10930S" target="_blank" >GA22-10930S: Velké kameny na sídlištích: Sociální strategie a makrolitické artefakty v neolitu a chalkolitu v Anatolii</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Archeologické rozhledy

ISSN

0323-1267

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

75

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

109-131

Kód UT WoS článku

001141240100002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85181021932