| Title: |
Exploring the social dimensions of microlithic technology: experimental and analytical approaches with a case study from western Scotland |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
Focuses on the diminutive type fossil of the Mesolithic -- the microlith --- both as an artefact and a metaphor. Because of its size and functional associations the microlith has taken on metaphoric qualities, encapsulating ideas of cultural hiatus and metonyms of masculinity via its identification as a projectile component. Concerns are raised over these gendered constructions and their contribution to narratives about the period and with defining stages in the microlith chaîne opératoire and developing theoretical perspectives. The issue is approached by combining observations from a programme of experimental replication with the detailed technological analysis of an archaeological data set derived from several later Mesolithic sites on Islay and Colonsay, western Scotland (excavated under the aegis of The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project). In addition to developing methodologies to explore these issues, the latter part of the thesis looks at macroscopic methods to explore microlith hafting and use, looking at differential patination and breakage patterns. |
| Author: |
Nyree Finlay
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| Year of Publication: |
1997
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| Source: |
BIAB
(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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| Created Date: |
21 Jan 2002 |
