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Butchering knives and hafting at the Late Middle Paleolithic open-air site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (NMO), Israel

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    Identificador:  imarina:9287733
    Autores:  Martin-Viveros, JI; Oron, M; Ollé, A; Chacón, MG; Sharon, G
    Resumen:
    Much of what is known about human behavior and subsistence strategies in the Levantine Middle Paleolithic comes from long sequences from caves and rock shelters. In this context, studies of stone tool function have traditionally focused on determining the use of Levallois points and triangular elements, either as projectiles or, more rarely, multipurpose knives. Little is known about such tool use and hafting in Middle Paleolithic open-air sites in the Levant through the systematic application of micro-wear analysis. Here we report the results of a low and high-power study performed on the lithic assemblage of the Late Middle Paleolithic open-air site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (NMO, Israel). Most pointed items, including Levallois and non-Levallois points, were used as butchering knives, many of them while hafted; to a much lesser extent they were also used for hide, bone, and wood/plant processing activities. Blades and flakes were mostly handheld and used as butchering knives, with hide, bone, antler, and wood/plant-processing tasks being rare. Hafted artifacts include morphologies and activities for which hafting is not required, indicating that NMO inhabitants possessed varied hafting expertise. Wood/plant processing tools, some of which were hafted, attest that manufacture and maintenance tasks were planned well in advance of game procurement at the site. These results attest to early evidence of hafted butchering knives and hafted plant processing tools for a Late Middle Paleolithic open-air site in the Levant, and support previous interpretations of NMO as a short-term task-specific location focused on animal processing activities, mostly butchery.
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    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-27321-5
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Martin-Viveros, JI; Oron, M; Ollé, A; Chacón, MG; Sharon, G (2023). Butchering knives and hafting at the Late Middle Paleolithic open-air site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (NMO), Israel. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 112-. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-27321-5
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Scientific Reports. 13 (1): 112-
    DOI del artículo: 10.1038/s41598-022-27321-5
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2023-12-01
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2026-05-09
    Autor/es de la URV: Chacón Navarro, María Gema / Escorihuela Martí, Laura / Ollé Cañellas, Andreu
    Departamento: Història i Història de l'Art
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
    Autor según el artículo: Martin-Viveros, JI; Oron, M; Ollé, A; Chacón, MG; Sharon, G
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Áreas temáticas: Multidisciplinary sciences, Multidisciplinary, Ciencias sociales, Ciencias humanas, Biodiversidade, Astronomia / física, Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
    Direcció de correo del autor: mariagema.chacon@urv.cat, mariagema.chacon@urv.cat, mariagema.chacon@urv.cat, laura.escorihuela@urv.cat, laura.escorihuela@urv.cat, andreu.olle@urv.cat, andreu.olle@urv.cat, andreu.olle@urv.cat
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    Israel
    Humans
    Caves
    Bone and bones
    Archaeology
    Antlers
    Animals
    Multidisciplinary
    Multidisciplinary Sciences
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciencias humanas
    Biodiversidade
    Astronomia / física
    Administração pública e de empresas
    ciências contábeis e turismo
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