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Identifying bipolar knapping in the Mesolithic site of Font del Ros (northeast Iberia)

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Despite recent advances in the identification of bipolar knapping, its role in many sites is not well known. We propose to assess the significance of this technique in the context of changes that occur in the Mesolithic. A lithic assemblage was recovered from unit SG at Font del Ros (Catalunya, Spain) in which pitted stones, cores and products arising from bipolar reduction (flakes, fragments and splintered pieces) were identified. This study indicates that the bipolar technique is fundamental in the settlement. These results are key to defining the organization of Holocene hunter-gatherer subsistence in northeast Iberia.

Source: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0354

Authors: Xavier Roda Gilabert, Rafael Mora, Jorge Martínez-Moreno

Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2245177481

FWCI: 3.889

Cites: 70

Cited by: 17

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