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A project plan on initiating a quartz processing business using Sri Lankan vein quartz deposits and analysis on potential barriers.
Vein quartz as a raw material for prehistoric stone tools is a much maligned material, very often treated to a cursory analysis only, if it is analysed at all. This paper examines the role of quartz in Neolithic stone tool traditions... more
Over the past 30 years researchers have approached the analysis of quartz stone tools from a number of perspectives, with an especial focus on experimental knapping to understand the fracture mechanics of quartz. However, there has been... more
Archaeologists have only recently recognised vein quartz as a significant part of prehistoric stone technologies in Ireland and Britain. As a raw material, quartz is abundant in many areas of Ireland and Britain and was utilised... more
The main thesis incorporates the following embedded articles: Paper I. Manninen, M. A. & Knutsson, K. 2011. Northern Inland Oblique Point Sites – a New Look into the Late Mesolithic Oblique Point Tradition in Eastern Fennoscandia.... more
Considered as second-rate lithic raw materials by the traditional typological studies, quartz and quartzite have varied mechanical and petrological characteristics. Therefore, it is not surprising that they are among the earliest lithic... more
This paper summarizes the archaeological data recovered from Late Archaic sites 97-71 and 97-72 in Newtown, Connecticut. The information is used to draw conclusions concerning site use and the role of the project area in the prehistoric... more
"Lately, anthropologists and archaeologists have emphasized the social dimensions of all technologies. However, it is also well known that the quality and quantity of lithic resources affected the organisation of the prehistoric use of... more
Striking a block of stone with a pebble to remove a flake, here is the summary of the technical world of prehistoric people for part of the public, but also, and more worrisome for some experts. What tells us the archaeological material?... more
Los denticulados y las muescas son dos de los elementos más frecuentes en la panoplia musteriense. El creciente interés por el estudio de estos tipos permite vislumbrar su complejidad. La aparente estandarización de sus formas no lo es... more
Denticulates and notches are two of the most ubiquitous types in Mousterian industries. The increased interest on their study suggests these tools are more complex than expected. New typometric studies indicate that they are not as... more
Cultural contact, exchange and interaction feature high in the list of challenging topics of current research on European Prehistory. Not far off is the issue of the changing role of monuments in the making and maintaining of key cultural... more
This paper examines an assemblage of quartz objects, such as crystals (rock crystal and prase) and pebbles, that were found in two spatially and chronologically different contexts of the Palacio III megalithic complex (Almadén de la... more
Experimental studies suggest that the high fragmentation tendency of vein quartz can be controlled to some degree by favorable technological choices, i.e., by producing thicker artifacts and by using bipolar-on-anvil reduction. In this... more
de Lombera-Hermida, A.; Rodríguez-Álvarez, X.P.; Peña, L.; Sala-Ramos, R; Despriée, J.; Moncel, M-H.; Gourcimault, G.; Voinchet, P. and Falguères, C. 2016. The lithic assemblage from Pont-de-Lavaud (Indre, France) and the role of the... more
"We analyse a sample of 158 Late Mesolithic margin-retouched points from two geographically separate point populations in Finland to determine whether they represent the same technological tradition with a common descent history or... more
Despite its worldwide use as a stone tool raw material, quartz is known to be a difficult material for archaeologists. The main reason for this is the tendency of quartz flakes to fragment during detachment, which complicates the use of... more
Veternica Cave is a Middle Paleolithic site located on the southwestern part of Medvednica Mountain, Croatia. From 1951 to 1955 and in 1971 the site was excavated and hundreds of stone artefacts of the Mousterian culture were collected.... more
this article presents the only industry in quartz found in the different levels of Grotta la Fabbrica, with the aim of analysing methods, techniques and single products derived from the exploitation of this raw material. From the... more
The results of studies applied to pieces made of quatrz and quartzite at the site of Payre (isotopic stages 7 and 5) testify to the peculiar handling of these stones which were collected in the neighbourhood of the site and are little... more
Elands Bay Cave (EBC) is a key South African site allowing discussion of technological change and adaptations that occurred from the Upper Pleniglacial to the Holocene. In 2011, we set out a new field campaign aiming to clarify the nature... more
En este trabajo se presentan los datos preliminares provenientes del análisis de los artefactos líticos de la localidad arqueológica de Rincón Chico que pertenece al período Tardío y se encuentra ubicada en el Departamento de Santa María,... more
A presente monografia apresenta o resultado das análises tecnológicas das coleções líticas pré-coloniais sobre quartzo do sítio arqueológico Caixa d’Água, situado no município de Buritizeiro – Minas Gerais. A coleção é proveniente do... more
El yacimiento de Cova Eirós, aunque ya conocido desde finales del siglo xx, se está erigiendo como una secuencia de referencia para el estudio del Paleolítico medio y superior del noroeste peninsular. Las intervenciones iniciadas en 2008... more
A presente monografia apresenta o resultado das análises tecnológicas de coleções líticas de quartzo sendo uma pré-histórica e outra histórica, provenientes do município de Jequitaí, Minas Gerais. A coleção pré-histórica foi exumada do... more