Title :

Fractured leapoints from Sajóbábony (Bükk mountain, Hungary : cultural-signature or shaping-using accident ?

Author(s) :

Lamotte, Agnes [Auteur correspondant]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Mester, Zsolt [Auteur]
Eötvös Loránd University [ELTE]
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique [HNHP]
Ringer, Arpad [Auteur]

Conference title :

Integrating Neandertal Legacy form Past to present (INEAL),

Conference organizers(s) :

EAA european archaeologist association

City :

Kiel

Country :

Allemagne

Start date of the conference :

2021-09-08

English keyword(s) :

fracturing, leafpoints, Hungary, Sajobabony, Neandertal

English abstract : [en]

In the study of a lithic assemblage, the fractured pieces are just as important as whole or unbroken artifacts. When we devote time to the source of the artifact fracture in an assemblage, we are trying to determine between ...
Show more >In the study of a lithic assemblage, the fractured pieces are just as important as whole or unbroken artifacts. When we devote time to the source of the artifact fracture in an assemblage, we are trying to determine between typology, technology, quality of raw materials but also the skill or cultural legacy of the Neanderthals. The relevant criteria in our study are based on the morphology of the fractures (rectilinear, angular, convex, concave, mixed and irregular), the direction of the fracture (transverse, parallel, oblique), and where on the tool the fracture is located. Similarly, significant progress has been made on the fracture hypothesis: whether fracture resulted from poor quality of the raw materials undetectable before shaping, use by flexion, clumsiness of the knapper or voluntary anthropic fracturing. Whatever the fractures are, they leave waves very specific to each situation. By analysing fracture patterns and other typological, technological and techno-economic characteristics, we are able to measure the relative frequencies of these 3 consequences : fracture as a result of poor quality raw material, fracture through use, or deliberate, intentional fracturing by man as a cultural criteria. We apply this analysis/method to the site of Sajóbábony (eponymous site of the bábonien) where whole leafpoints are present as well as numerous broken leafpoints (excavations of 1986-87-1991 (dir. A. Ringer, Ringer & Adams, new excavation of 2019-2022 A.Lamotte & Zs. Mester). About 50 pieces help us to build our demonstration of fracture pattern, with a special focus on whether intentional fracture is a legacy of neanderthals from Central Europe.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Histoire Archéologie Littératures des Mondes Anciens (HALMA) - UMR 8164

Source :

Harvested from HAL