| Title |
Rectangular bladelets discovered at the Katra I settlement in the Varėna district of Lithuania: a functional analysis |
| Translation of Title |
Stačiakampių ašmenėlių, aptiktų Katros 1-ojoje gyvenvietėje (Varėnos r.), funkcinė analizė. |
| Authors |
Slah, Gvidas |
| DOI |
10.15181/ab.v20i0.814 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Archaeologia Baltica: Frontier societies and environmental change in Northeast Europe.. Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla. 2013, vol. 20, p. 162-173.. ISSN 1392-5520. eISSN 2351-6534 |
| Keywords [eng] |
experimental archaeology ; microlithic technology ; microblades ; sickle insert ; functional analysis ; use-wear traces |
| Abstract [eng] |
This paper deals with the function of rectangular bladelets produced in experimental studies. The function of the bladelets produced experimentally was compared with that of a similar flint inventory discovered at the Katra I settlement. The experimental studies were carried out in the traceological laboratory at Klaipėda University. The functional dependence of the laboratory-produced flint blades and artefacts found at the Katra I settlement (in the Varėna district) were established with an Olympus SZX16 microscope. The experimental items were used in contact with dry reeds (Phragmites). It was established that the functions of the laboratory-produced blades and the ones discovered at the Katra I settlement coincided: most of the artefacts from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods from the Katra I settlement were used for reed cutting. |
| Published |
Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2013 |
| CC license |
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