Author, as appears in the article.: Lombao, Diego; Cueva-Temprana, Arturo; Mosquera, Marina; Morales, Juan Ignacio;
Department: Història i Història de l'Art
URV's Author/s: Lombao Vázquez, Diego / Mosquera Martínez, Marina
Keywords: Volumetric reconstruction method Use-life Stone artifact transport Size Reduction intensity Quantification Patterns Organization Lithic technology Index End Curation Cortex Core reduction 3d scan
Abstract: Knowing to what extent lithic cores have been reduced through knapping is an important step toward understanding the technological variability of lithic assemblages and disentangling the formation processes of archaeological sites. In addition, it is a good complement to more developed studies of reduction intensity in retouched tools and provides information on raw material management or site occupation dynamics. This paper presents a new methodology for estimating the intensity of reduction in cores and tools on cobbles, the Volumetric Reconstruction Method (VRM). It is based on a correction of the dimensions (length, width, and thickness) of each core from an assemblage. The median values of thickness and platform thickness of the assemblage's flakes are used as corrections for the cores' original dimensions, after its diacritic analysis. Then, based on these new dimensions, the volume or mass of the original blank are reconstructed using the ellipsoid volume formula. The accuracy of this method was experimentally tested, reproducing a variety of possible archaeological scenarios. The experimental results demonstrate a high inferential potential of the VRM, both in estimating the original volume or mass of the original blanks and in inferring the individual percentage of reduction for each core. The results of random resampling demonstrate the applicability of VRM to not size-biased archaeological contexts.
Thematic Areas: Historia Geosciences, multidisciplinary Geociências Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Archeology (arts and humanities) Archeology Archaeology Antropologia / arqueologia Antropología Anthropology
Author's mail: marina.mosquera@urv.cat diego.lombao@estudiants.urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-4823-6154
Record's date: 2024-02-25
Journal volume: 12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-020-01154-7
Papper original source: Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences. 12 (222):
APA: Lombao, Diego; Cueva-Temprana, Arturo; Mosquera, Marina; Morales, Juan Ignacio; (2020). A new approach to measure reduction intensity on cores and tools on cobbles: the Volumetric Reconstruction Method. Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences, 12(222), -. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-020-01154-7
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.1007/s12520-020-01154-7
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2020
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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