| Title |
Netitnaginių uolienų apdirbimo technologijos ir dirbinių gamyba finaliniame paleolite-mezolite Lietuvoje / |
| Another Title |
Non-fiint raw material manufacture technologies and tool making technologies in Final Palaeolithic-Mesolithic Lithuania. |
| Authors |
Rimkutė, Gabrielė |
| DOI |
10.15388/ArchLit.2012.0.1189 |
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| Is Part of |
Archaeologia Lituana.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, t. 13, p. 29-65.. ISSN 1392-6748 |
| Keywords [eng] |
non-fiint raw material ; manufacture technologies ; Palaeolithic-Mesolithic Lithuania |
| Abstract [eng] |
The investigation of non-flint raw materiai artefacts of Final Palaeolithic-Mesolithic period was a topic that Lithuanian archaeologists did not pay a lot of attention to. For many years this group of finds was ignored or hardly recognised during the excavations. The lack of information published and an obscure number of raw material artefacts in the museum collections of Lithuania has led to collect all the probable raw materiai artefacts altogether and to obtain as much information as these finds could actually provide. All types of artefacts were analyzed, meaning raw materiai knapping assemblage and the definite implements. After a careful research of the collections offinds in the museums and newest data of recent excavations, more than 1 500 artefacts were chosen up, added to the database, and were examined on different aspects. The types of raw material used were determined with a help of geologists from Vilnius University. Each artefact was described according to its general size measurements and a possible shaping work done on it. Artefact examination results were defined by making statistic diagrams and resumptive interpretations. This has lead to the following conclusions: At least 15 types of different non-flint raw materiai were undoubtedly known during the Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic period in the area. The most commonly used were sandstone, quartzite and basalt-diabase materiais. These kinds of pebbles are usually found all over the area and were probably not to be searched on purpose. On the whole, 19 archaeological sites with some raw materiai find collections were detected in Lithuania. The non-flint artefact assemblage found in Pasieniai 1, Sudota 2, Sudota 4 sites was essenti al for making the reconstruction of raw materiai knapping and shaping techniques and for distinguishing all sorts of possible implements. Few sites in the region ofŽeimena riverbank have yielded a specific pyroc1astic rock finds. Numerous flakes have shown that pieces ofthis type of rock were probably brought by icesheet from Scandinavia. Prehistoric people recognised it as useful and tried to knap it in at least five different sites... |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2012 |
| CC license |
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