Interpreting the Function of Primitive Implements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2563373 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph Sonnenfeld (University of Delaware, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 56-65 |
| Publication date | 1962-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/278078 |
| OpenAlex | W2101836818 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 9 |
Reconstruction of the subsistence relationship existing between prehistoric man and his environment has been handicapped by the difficulty of ascribing reasonably precise function to many of his tools. This study began as an attempt to interpret the function of the enigmatic celt; it developed into a field experiment which included the testing of a series of stone hoes in an effort to prove or disprove the existence of prehistoric implements with the hoe function. Inherent difficulties and limitations in the functional approach to implement testing and interpretation are indicated
Archaeology · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Field (mathematics · Function (biology · Interpretation (philosophy · Prehistory · Programming language · Pure mathematics · Series (stratigraphy · Subsistence agriculture · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Geology · History · Mathematics · Paleontology · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Introducción a las huellas de uso
Environmental Setting, Natural Symbols, and Subsistence
Surface analysis of stone and bone tools
Significance of experimental works in research of functions of ancient tools (after materials of the settlement Bodaki of Tripolye culture)
Macro and Micro Evidences from the Past
Evaluating rudimentary prehistoric stone artifacts from the American southwest and Mexico
Estudio tecno-morfológico de palas y/o azadas líticas del sector norte del valle de Hualfín (Catamarca, Argentina)
Quartzite Qua Lithic Material in Archaeology
Starting From Scratch
Functional Analysis Perspective on Flake Artifacts Found in Tomb Contexts
Ensayo de tala con un hacha de piedra pulida
Knappers, Dunbartonshire
Micro‐wear in perspective
Ethnoarchaeology
Use-wear analysis of Neolithic polished axes and adzes
Technique and methodology in microwear studies
Testing imaging confocal microscopy, laser scanning confocal microscopy, and focus variation microscopy for microscale measurement of edge cross-sections and calculation of edge curvature on stone tools
Bajo la lupa y el microscopio
Estudio funcional de útiles pulimentados
Microwear analysis on experimental ground stone earth-working implements and its implication for investigating ancient agricultural practices
Mill Creek Chert Hoes and Prairie Soils
A Hafted Stone Celt from Genesee County, Michigan and Implications for Ground Stone Tool Use in the Eastern Woodlands
Techno-functional analysis of small recycled flakes from Late Acheulian Revadim (Israel) demonstrates a link between morphology and function
Landscape variability in tool-use and edge damage formation in South African Middle Stone Age lithic assemblages
D multiscale curvature analysis of tool edges as an indicator of cereal harvesting intensity
An evaluation of Keeley's microwear approach
Australian Ground Stone Hatchets
No Stone Unburned
Revisiting lithic edge characterization with microCT
Stone Tool Morphology and Rabbit Butchering
Tecnología de cazadores-recolectores subandinos
Bosques, claros y cultivos
A New Technique for the Measurement of Artifact Angles
Rouletting - A Misnomer
The Construction and Uses of a Laboratory Archaeological Site
The material culture of Pueblo Bonito
Archaeological Studies in the La Plata District, Southwestern Colorado and Northwestern New Mexico. Earl H. Morris. with appendix “Technology of La Plata Pottery,” by Anna O. Shepard (Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1939.)
Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain
Certain Industries of Notched and Strangulated Scrapers in Rhodesia, Their Time Range and Possible Use
Adam's Ancestors
The Transvaal Middle Stone Age and Statistical Analysis
| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 1963 - 2025 (63) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |