The manufacture of ground stone tools has long been a topic of interest for archaeologists. Ground stone tools made of specific stone types (e.g., limestone, basalt, granite) have been investigated with regards to the technology chosen by craftsmen, the manufacturing process, working tools and tool mark analysis. Here, we present the results of an experimental study of the manufacture of a basalt mortar. In particular, the strategy we adopted in designing this study was to present a method for producing a basalt mortar by pecking and abrading with basalt tools. The study was designed and conducted by A. Squitieri and D. Eitam, while the mortar was made by the sculptor D. Yassur. The goals of our experiment were to observe and document the c...
Introduction: Until recently, lithic tool-use experiments in Australia were dominated by flaked sto...
An investigation of problems which can occur during the process of detaching flakes from a parent pi...
The authors would like to thank MSc Vitor Silva for all the help during the experimental campaign an...
The manufacture of ground stone tools has long been a topic of interest for archaeologists. Ground s...
The manufacture of ground stone tools has long been a topic of interest for archaeologists. Ground s...
The discovery of a basalt vessel workshop at Tel Hazor, one of the most important Iron Age sites in ...
Ground stone tools served in many physical and social contexts through millennia, reflecting a wide ...
Ground Stone Tools (GST) have been identified in several Levantine archaeological sites dating to th...
While ground stone tools represent diverse activities, the technology is analyzed at a coarse level ...
Recent archaeological excavations at the early urban settlement of Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel present...
The overall goal of this project is to contribute to reconstruct the innovation mechanisms and devel...
The topic of Ground Stone Tools (GST) is of great interest to understand the evolu�on of human behav...
While many experimental studies have been done on siliceous and metamorphic rocks for both use-wear ...
Stones were used since early stages of humankind as tools for pounding and grinding processes of raw...
Ground stone technology is present in various Upper Paleolithic chronologies of Portuguese sites cov...
Introduction: Until recently, lithic tool-use experiments in Australia were dominated by flaked sto...
An investigation of problems which can occur during the process of detaching flakes from a parent pi...
The authors would like to thank MSc Vitor Silva for all the help during the experimental campaign an...
The manufacture of ground stone tools has long been a topic of interest for archaeologists. Ground s...
The manufacture of ground stone tools has long been a topic of interest for archaeologists. Ground s...
The discovery of a basalt vessel workshop at Tel Hazor, one of the most important Iron Age sites in ...
Ground stone tools served in many physical and social contexts through millennia, reflecting a wide ...
Ground Stone Tools (GST) have been identified in several Levantine archaeological sites dating to th...
While ground stone tools represent diverse activities, the technology is analyzed at a coarse level ...
Recent archaeological excavations at the early urban settlement of Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel present...
The overall goal of this project is to contribute to reconstruct the innovation mechanisms and devel...
The topic of Ground Stone Tools (GST) is of great interest to understand the evolu�on of human behav...
While many experimental studies have been done on siliceous and metamorphic rocks for both use-wear ...
Stones were used since early stages of humankind as tools for pounding and grinding processes of raw...
Ground stone technology is present in various Upper Paleolithic chronologies of Portuguese sites cov...
Introduction: Until recently, lithic tool-use experiments in Australia were dominated by flaked sto...
An investigation of problems which can occur during the process of detaching flakes from a parent pi...
The authors would like to thank MSc Vitor Silva for all the help during the experimental campaign an...