Differences in variability and use of Levallois and Non-Levallois laminar blanks in the late Middle Paleolithic of the central Balkans
Апстракт
Despite the abundance of publications in the last forty years, as detailed studies on reduction
processes, the existence and co-existence of Levallois and non-Levallois laminar strategies and their
variability in the Middle Paleolithic in Europe still need to be better understood. Many reasons could
influence the appearance of these two types of laminar products: technological traditions, land use
strategies, subsistence, mobility, and raw material availability, but also different ways of utilization of
lithic products. The wider research scope of our study covers all the listed factors; however, we have
chosen to focus on the function of the tools and their relations to the behavioral patterns of the
Neanderthal communities in the late Middle Paleolithic of Central Balkans.
The analyzed material comes from five archaeological sites, dating in MIS 3. Totally 15 Levallois
and 65 non-Levallois laminar blanks are studied technologically and functionally. The complexity of
activi...ties obtained with those tools is viewed and discussed with raw material procurement data and
metrics as indicators of their potential for carrying and reshaping with an aim to represent the
fundamental differences between curated and expedient technological strategies.
Кључне речи:
laminar blank / Middle Paleolithic / functional analysis / technological behaviorИзвор:
Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology UISPP 2023 Book of Abstracts, 2023, 216-Издавач:
- Editura Universitatii de Vest din Timisoara
Финансирање / пројекти:
- NEEMO - Neanderthal and Early Modern Human interactions in the Central Balkans (RS-ScienceFundRS-Ideje-7746827)
Институција/група
Arheologija / ArchaeologyTY - CONF AU - Dragosavac, Sofija AU - Petrović, Anđa AU - Mihailović, Bojana AU - Dogandžić, Tamara AU - Mihailović, Dušan PY - 2023 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5515 AB - Despite the abundance of publications in the last forty years, as detailed studies on reduction processes, the existence and co-existence of Levallois and non-Levallois laminar strategies and their variability in the Middle Paleolithic in Europe still need to be better understood. Many reasons could influence the appearance of these two types of laminar products: technological traditions, land use strategies, subsistence, mobility, and raw material availability, but also different ways of utilization of lithic products. The wider research scope of our study covers all the listed factors; however, we have chosen to focus on the function of the tools and their relations to the behavioral patterns of the Neanderthal communities in the late Middle Paleolithic of Central Balkans. The analyzed material comes from five archaeological sites, dating in MIS 3. Totally 15 Levallois and 65 non-Levallois laminar blanks are studied technologically and functionally. The complexity of activities obtained with those tools is viewed and discussed with raw material procurement data and metrics as indicators of their potential for carrying and reshaping with an aim to represent the fundamental differences between curated and expedient technological strategies. PB - Editura Universitatii de Vest din Timisoara C3 - Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology UISPP 2023 Book of Abstracts T1 - Differences in variability and use of Levallois and Non-Levallois laminar blanks in the late Middle Paleolithic of the central Balkans SP - 216 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5515 ER -
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Dragosavac, S., Petrović, A., Mihailović, B., Dogandžić, T.,& Mihailović, D.. (2023). Differences in variability and use of Levallois and Non-Levallois laminar blanks in the late Middle Paleolithic of the central Balkans. in Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology UISPP 2023 Book of Abstracts Editura Universitatii de Vest din Timisoara., 216. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5515
Dragosavac S, Petrović A, Mihailović B, Dogandžić T, Mihailović D. Differences in variability and use of Levallois and Non-Levallois laminar blanks in the late Middle Paleolithic of the central Balkans. in Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology UISPP 2023 Book of Abstracts. 2023;:216. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5515 .
Dragosavac, Sofija, Petrović, Anđa, Mihailović, Bojana, Dogandžić, Tamara, Mihailović, Dušan, "Differences in variability and use of Levallois and Non-Levallois laminar blanks in the late Middle Paleolithic of the central Balkans" in Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology UISPP 2023 Book of Abstracts (2023):216, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5515 .