Toolkit Structure and Site Use: Results of a high-power use-wear analysis of lithic assemblages from Solutré (Saône-et-Loire), France

Results of a high-power use-wear analysis of lithic assemblages from Solutré (Saône-et-Loire), France

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ID23520344
AuthorsWilliam E Banks (0000-0003-1835-6315)
Year2009
Pages72
Publication date2009-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueToolkit structure and site use (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.30861/9781407305035
OpenAlexW648282133
Open LibraryOL24420868M
ISBN9781407305035
LanguageEN
Citations received4

Upper Paleolithic groups used the open-air site of Solutré (Saône-et-Loire, south-eastern France) as a location to intercept and hunt horse and reindeer herds. The primary goal of this study is to conduct a high-power use-wear analysis of a sample of lithic artifacts from each of the Upper Paleolithic cultural components in an effort to address a number of topics. A further aim is to test the current inferences of site activities at Solutré and attempt to identify any consistencies and differences in lithic toolkit structure and tool use through time at the site. A use-wear analysis of this sort allows one to recognize other activities unrelated to or secondarily related to the primary site function. Such methods can also be used to determine if tool use strategies changed or remained stable over time against the backdrop of site function.

Archaeology · Geography · Physical geography · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Analysis · Antiquities · Europe · Excavations (Archaeology) · France · Paleolithic period · Prehistoric Tools · Solutré-Pouilly · Stone implements

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