Classification of Lithic Artefacts from the British Late Glacial and Holocene Periods

A system for the hierarchical Classification of Lithic Artefacts from the British Late Glacial and Holocene Periods is offered in this book. It is hoped that it may find use as a guide book for archaeology students, museum staff, non-specialist archaeologists, local archaeology groups and lay enthus...

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1. autor: Ballin, Torben Bjarke
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description A system for the hierarchical Classification of Lithic Artefacts from the British Late Glacial and Holocene Periods is offered in this book. It is hoped that it may find use as a guide book for archaeology students, museum staff, non-specialist archaeologists, local archaeology groups and lay enthusiasts. To allow the individual categories of lithic objects to be classified and characterised in detail, it was necessary to first define a number of descriptive terms, which forms the first part of this guide. The main part of the book is the lithic classification section, which offers definitions of the individual formal debitage, core and tool types. The basic questions asked are: what defines Object X as a tool and not a piece of debitage or a core; what defines a microlith as a microlith and not a knife or a piercer; and what defines a specific implement as a scalene triangle and not an isosceles one? As shown in the book, there are disagreements within the lithics community as to the specific definition of some types, demonstrating the need for all lithics reports to define which typological framework they are based on. The eBook edition of this publication is available in Open Access, supported by Historic Environment Scotland.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-719072025-08-13T14:11:03Z Classification of Lithic Artefacts from the British Late Glacial and Holocene Periods Ballin, Torben Bjarke Social Science Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology A system for the hierarchical Classification of Lithic Artefacts from the British Late Glacial and Holocene Periods is offered in this book. It is hoped that it may find use as a guide book for archaeology students, museum staff, non-specialist archaeologists, local archaeology groups and lay enthusiasts. To allow the individual categories of lithic objects to be classified and characterised in detail, it was necessary to first define a number of descriptive terms, which forms the first part of this guide. The main part of the book is the lithic classification section, which offers definitions of the individual formal debitage, core and tool types. The basic questions asked are: what defines Object X as a tool and not a piece of debitage or a core; what defines a microlith as a microlith and not a knife or a piercer; and what defines a specific implement as a scalene triangle and not an isosceles one? As shown in the book, there are disagreements within the lithics community as to the specific definition of some types, demonstrating the need for all lithics reports to define which typological framework they are based on. The eBook edition of this publication is available in Open Access, supported by Historic Environment Scotland. 2021-09-22T04:00:21Z 2021-09-22T04:00:21Z 2021-09-21T05:31:57Z 2021 book OCN: 1253574436 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50614 9781789698701 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/71907 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50614/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50614/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50614/1/external_content.pdf Archaeopress Publishing Archaeopress Publishing 59b4663a-f67e-4c39-b0e5-149245151ec1 9781789698701 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Archaeopress Publishing open access
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Classification of Lithic Artefacts from the British Late Glacial and Holocene Periods
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