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Like a Rolling Stone? The Identification of Fluvial Transportation Damage Signatures on Secondary Context Bifaces
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Chambers, Jeanne C. |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | The physical condition of bifaces recovered from high-energy fluvial depositional contexts, such as river gravels, has long been utilised as an indicator of the degree of transportation they have been subjected to (e.g. Wymer 1968). This paper briefly reviews extant methodologies used to describe biface physical condition, emphasising the value of both quantitative arete recording techniques and the consideration of the etat physique of the entire biface. Major findings from a programme of flume-based biface transportation and modification experiments are presented, demonstrating that gross factors of artefact morphology influence transportation type, and that, in turn, transportation type influences the character and distribution of damage sustained. It is argued that the data generated from these experiments can be used as the basis for modelling the type and duration of fluvial transportation secondary context bifaces have sustained, facilitating assessment of the spatial intensity of hominid activity associated with fluvial Palaeolithic findspots. |
| Starting Page | 66 |
| Ending Page | 66 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://journal.lithics.org/index.php/lithics/article/download/444/425 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
