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The origins of lithic projectile point technology: evidence from Africa, the Levant, and Europe

Shea, John J.

Journal of archaeological science, 2006-06, Vol.33 (6), p.823-846 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Amsterdam: Elsevier Ltd

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  • Título:
    The origins of lithic projectile point technology: evidence from Africa, the Levant, and Europe
  • Autor: Shea, John J.
  • Assuntos: Lithic industry ; Methodology and general studies ; Middle Paleolithic/Middle Stone Age ; Prehistory and protohistory ; Projectile points ; Stone tools ; Typology, technology and attribute analysis ; Upper Paleolithic/Later Stone Age
  • É parte de: Journal of archaeological science, 2006-06, Vol.33 (6), p.823-846
  • Descrição: Projectile weaponry is a human cultural universal, but its origins and antiquity remain poorly understood. Stone- and bone-tipped projectile weapons have long been treated as emergent features of the "Upper Paleolithic" behavioral revolution. Recently it has been proposed that projectile technology was in widespread use among Homo sapiens populations in Africa during Middle Stone Age (MSA) times. One obstacle to researching the origins of projectile point technology is that the criteria archaeologists employ for recognizing plausible and implausible stone projectile points are largely subjective (overall tool shape, microwear traces). Tip cross-sectional area (TCSA) is a ballistically significant dimension that works well at discriminating North American stone projectile points (spearthrower dart tips and arrowheads) from spear points. This paper compares the TCSA values of ethnographic North American stone projectile points to hypothetical Middle and Upper Paleolithic stone projectile points from Africa, the Levant, and Europe. The results of this comparison do not support the hypothesis of widespread use of stone-tipped projectiles in Africa, the Levant, or Europe prior to 40 Ka. In the New World and in Australia, where we have the richest ethnographic record of stone projectile point use, these implements are largely employed in big-game hunting and in warfare. One or both of these factors may have played a role in the widespread adoption of stone projectile point technology after 40 Ka.
  • Editor: Amsterdam: Elsevier Ltd
  • Idioma: Inglês
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