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Lithics 15
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Lithics 15
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Lithics
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15
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61
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Alison Roberts
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1995
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Editorial Expansion: Lithic Studies Society Newsletter 15
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04 Aug 2014
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Raw Materials and Biface Variability in Southern Britain; a preliminary examination.
Mark J White
1 - 20
Work by Derek Roe in the 1960s established the presence of two major Lower Palaeolithic biface groups in Britain, subdivided into six variants, interpreted as evidence for separate knapping traditions. Recent research has begun to move away from such interpretations, with one aspect of this trend illustrated by the work of Ashton and McNabb who argue that the shape of many bifaces is guided or restricted by the nature of the raw material from which they were made. This paper presents the preliminary results of ongoing research into the hypothesis that if it is raw material that has the major effect on biface morphology, then tool shape should covary with flint shape, size and quality. During the study, the most probable source of flint for nineteen British Lower Palaeolithic sites has been reconstructed, and seven assemblages have so far been fully analysed. The results suggest that the contentions of Ashton and McNabb are supported; hominids appear to have adapted technology to suit the material available. Although they are certainly valid, it is suggested that Roe's groups do not represent separate knapping traditions, but rather degrees of raw material constraint. LD
The Case of the Migrating Cleaver.
R J MacRae
21 - 23
Describes the discovery of a large Acheulian [Lower Palaeolithic] cleaver found in 1989 at a gravel extraction pit at Yarnton in the Upper Thames Valley. A few other cleavers known from the Upper Thames area are mentioned. However, the size and shape of the Yarnton cleaver approaches those of the Middle Thames, where the type is more frequent. The origin and potential subsequent movement of the artefact are discussed in relation to the geology of the area. It is possible that the Yarnton cleaver could be separated by many thousands of years from the other handaxes in the Oxford region, and that it was used and abandoned (although certainly not made) quite near its findspot and then re-worked into the Devensian deposits. LD
A Possible Mesolithic Stone Axehead from Scotland
Alan Saville
25 - 28
Edge-ground stone axeheads of the Mesolithic are common in Ireland and Wales, but no unequivocal examples have yet been found in Scotland (possible exceptions from Fair Isle and Morton are considered in an end-note). This article concerns an artefact in the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh, best described as a pebble axehead or chisel with bifacially ground edge. Information on its provenance is limited to the inscription, 'found at Cambwell', an inland location. The particular morphology of the implement has few direct analogies from Ireland, although comparison can be made with some examples from Wales. However, its general character suggests a Mesolithic ascription. LD
Lithic Studies; An Irish View
David J Field
29 - 31
Briefly summarises some of the papers given at a joint meeting of the Lithic Studies Society, the Department of Archaeology at University College, Cork, and the Ulster Museum, held in Cork and Belfast in 1994. While Ireland lacked the impetus that county societies gave to lithic studies in Britain during the first half of the 20th century, workers are consequently able to address familiar problems with a fresh approach. LD
On the Cutting Edge; A Report on a Day Meeting on Lithic Use-Wear Analy...
John C Mitchell
32 - 41
Reports on an informal day meeting on lithic use-wear analysis. The usefulness of such analysis when applied alongside other analytic techniques is discussed in a short introduction. The morning lectures included papers on research into plant working in the Danish Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic, and the current air of scepticism surrounding use-wear analysis in Britain. A flint and obsidian knapping demonstration and a computer software demonstration were later given, followed by a paper on bottle-glass razors from the Andaman Islands, a presentation on experimental butchery using replica Boxgrove handaxes, and an informal discussion on the state of use-wear analysis. LD