LEADER 03525nam 2200517 450 001 9910467738203321 010 $a1-78969-102-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000008952911 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5845599 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008952911 100 $a20190129h20192019 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aUnderstanding lithic recycling at the Late Lower Palaeolithic Qesem Cave, Israel $ea functional and chemical investigation of small flakes /$fFlavia Venditti 210 1$aOxford :$cArchaeopress Publishing Ltd,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (203 pages) $cillustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) 225 1 $aArchaeopress Archaeology 311 $a1-78969-101-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 8 $aFlakes, and small flakes in particular, are usually seen as by-products or debris of the knapping process, rather than as desired end-products with a specific potential use. In recent years, this particular category of small tools has attracted increasing interest among researchers, especially when focusing on technological aspects in Lower Palaeolithic contexts, while the functional role of these tools is still poorly investigated. 'Understanding Lithic Recycling at the Late Lower Palaeolithic Qesem Cave, Israel: A functional and chemical investigation of small flakes' examines Late Lower Palaeolithic Qesem Cave, Israel, where a particular lithic trajectory directed towards the production of small flakes by means of recycling and exploiting old discarded flakes as cores has been recognised. The high density of this production throughout the stratigraphic sequence of the cave demonstrates that this was a conscious and planned technological choice aimed at providing small and sharp items to meet specific functional behaviours, and that this lithic behaviour persisted for some 200 kyr of human use of the cave. The exceptional conservation of use-wear signs and residues has made it possible to reconstruct the functional role of this specific production system, highlighting its specialised nature mostly related to the processing of the animal carcasses through accurate and careful actions and in a very specific way. The application of functional analysis based on the determination of wear on artefacts by means of optical light microscope, scanning electron microscopy and chemical analysis (FTIR and EDX), provides a useful and effective approach for understanding the adaptive strategies of the Qesem Cave hominins while facing various situations and solving different needs. 410 0$aArchaeopress archaeology. 606 $aPaleolithic period$zIsrael 606 $aTools, Prehistoric$zIsrael 606 $aStone implements$zIsrael 606 $aAnimal remains (Archaeology)$zIsrael 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zIsrael 607 $aIsrael$xAntiquities 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPaleolithic period 615 0$aTools, Prehistoric 615 0$aStone implements 615 0$aAnimal remains (Archaeology) 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 676 $a933.4 700 $aVenditti$b Flavia$0889277 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910467738203321 996 $aUnderstanding lithic recycling at the Late Lower Palaeolithic Qesem Cave, Israel$91986754 997 $aUNINA