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{"title":"New Analysis of Unifacially Shaped Technology from the Tropical Lowlands of Colombia","authors":"Marina González-Varas, Carlos E. López, Martha C. Cano","doi":"10.1080/01977261.2023.2257409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01977261.2023.2257409","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe Middle Magdalena River Valley in central Colombia provides evidence of early human occupation between 13000 and 12000 cal BP during the global Younger Dryas period, characterized by mixed lithic industries involving both bifacial and unifacial technology. This article describes a unifacially shaped artifact discovered in the locality of Puerto Berrío, Antioquia, Middle Magdalena, central Colombia. Due to its high diagnostic value, a detailed technological analysis of its manufacture is presented to enable comparisons with similar artifacts in South America. Techno-structural analysis reveals a complexly manufactured piece with different tools, suggesting different usages. Various manifestations of this type of highly curated tool have been found in various regions of northern South America during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, indicating that unifacial technology is a characteristic tool type of this stage, beyond projectile points. This article also aims to open a dialogue on what a tropical lithic tool is in its individuality and variability.KEYWORDS: Middle Magdalena river valleyearly peopling of the AmericasColombiaunifacial technologycurated technology AcknowledgmentsWe deeply appreciate the help of our colleagues at the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira (UTP) during the collection analysis stay. We would like to thank the support of the Fundación de Investigaciones Arqueológicas Nacionales and the Temple University (TU) of Philadelphia, USA. We would also be grateful to express a special thanks to Marcellus d’Almeida for his recommendations on technical illustrations.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 The terminology associated with the description of South American unifacial technology remains problematic. Various authors have been primarily inspired by the original morphological typology of François Bordes (Citation1961). Although many authors have wrongly used the term « limace » to refer to the South American unifacially shaped tools, « limace » refers to a specific type of south american tool with specific morphological, technological and structural features, as recent defined by Lourdeau (Citation2010, Citation2015) and Moreno & López (Citation2023).Additional informationFundingThis work is part of M. González-Varas’s doctoral research, which has received financial support from the AnTET Team (Anthropologie des techniques, des espaces et des territoires au Pliocène et au Pléistocène) and the UMR 7041 ArScAn Equipe AnTET (Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité)","PeriodicalId":45597,"journal":{"name":"Lithic Technology","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135148890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The “Stubby” Deer Antler Billet: Examples from the Oklahoma Plains Woodland","authors":"Leland C. Bement, John E. Hueffed, Kristi L. Wyatt","doi":"10.1080/01977261.2023.2257411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01977261.2023.2257411","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTTwo short antler billets found on the floor of a storage/refuse pit at site 34WD130 in northwestern Oklahoma provide archaeological evidence for the intentional use of “stubby” billets in flintknapping. Radiocarbon dating of one of the billets yielded an age of 650 to 662 cal AD, placing the billet within the Plains Woodland period of western Oklahoma chronology. Associated artifacts corroborate this age. Evidence for the method of billet manufacture as well as evidence of use are presented. Links provide 3D models of the pair for better viewing and hands-on access.KEYWORDS: Antler Billetlithic replicative experimentOklahomaPlains Woodland AcknowledgementsThis project was not possible without the support of local residents, including Travis Rutledge and Josh Cooke. Fieldwork was accomplished by J. Hueffed and L. Bement. Photogrammetry and modeling was performed by K. Wyatt. F. Sellet provided leads to additional archaeological billets. Logistical support was provided by the Oklahoma Archeological Survey, The University of Oklahoma. We thank the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their comments that helped strengthen this article.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsLeland C. BementLeland C. Bement is a senior archaeologist at the Oklahoma Archeological Survey, The University of Oklahoma, Norman. He specializes in faunal analysis in the North American Great Plains.John E. HueffedJohn E. Hueffed is a graduate student in the Anthropology Department at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He is also a graduate research assistant in the State Archeologists Office at the Oklahoma Archeological Survey, The University of Oklahoma, Norman.Kristi L. WyattKristi L. Wyatt is an Emerging Technologies Librarian at the Bizzell Library, The University of Oklahoma, Norman. She is also a Museum Preparator and Associate Exhibition Designer at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman.","PeriodicalId":45597,"journal":{"name":"Lithic Technology","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135149744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Final Pleistocene-Early Holocene (∼40–8 ka) Lithic Industries in Southern China and Their Implications for Understanding the Prehistory of Mainland Southeast Asia","authors":"Yuduan Zhou, H. Forestier, Yun Wu, X. Ji, C. He, Tingting Liang, Ruxi Yang, Tengfei Wang, Xiaoying Chen, Xuan Wei, Sifu Cai, June-Yu Wei, Yinghua Li","doi":"10.1080/01977261.2023.2247645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01977261.2023.2247645","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45597,"journal":{"name":"Lithic Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49162135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Archaeological and Experimental Data from the Bipolar-on-Anvil Debitage in the Middle Paleolithic Site of Los Aljezares (Aspe, Alicante, Spain)","authors":"Margarita Vadillo Conesa, A. Eixea, J. Cuevas-González, D. Díez-Canseco","doi":"10.1080/01977261.2023.2247643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01977261.2023.2247643","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45597,"journal":{"name":"Lithic Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44262102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Heat Treatment of Chert in the Early Mesolithic at Rottenburg-Siebenlinden (Southwest Germany)","authors":"Hannah Huber, Y. Tafelmaier, C. Kind, P. Schmidt","doi":"10.1080/01977261.2023.2244779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01977261.2023.2244779","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45597,"journal":{"name":"Lithic Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45054780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Middle Holocene Lithic Technological Organization and Upland Land Use in the Upper Susitna River Basin, Alaska","authors":"John C. Blong","doi":"10.1080/01977261.2023.2242120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01977261.2023.2242120","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45597,"journal":{"name":"Lithic Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48076924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Function, Style, and Standardization: Is the Proximal or Distal End of a Middle Stone Age Point More Variable?","authors":"Benjamin J. Schoville, Precious Chiwara-Maenzanise, Erik R. Otárola-Castillo, Jayne Wilkins","doi":"10.1080/01977261.2023.2233167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01977261.2023.2233167","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Middle Stone Age (MSA) point styles may reflect the development of regional identities of human social groups. MSA people likely used these points for various functions including as weapon tips. Recent work in cultural evolution suggests that functional aspects of technology tend to be more standardized and subject to negative selective pressures, while stylistic aspects are highly visible and tend to be more variable. This study examines the patterns of segmented (proximal vs. distal) standardization for unretouched MSA points from six archaeological assemblages using landmark-based geometric morphometrics to quantify shape variation. Contrary to expectations, our results show that the proximal end has greater shape variation than the distal end. Segregating within point variation provides clues to past function and style patterns in the MSA. This approach also opens new avenues for exploring ethnographic and recent archaeological projectile points.","PeriodicalId":45597,"journal":{"name":"Lithic Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45943286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding Chipped Stone Drills from an Iroquoian Village Site","authors":"W. Engelbrecht, S. Hanrahan, R. Salisbury","doi":"10.1080/01977261.2023.2234116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01977261.2023.2234116","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45597,"journal":{"name":"Lithic Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48803689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nieborowa – Campsites of a Mesolithic Community in the Context of Spatial-Functional Studies (Poland). Interpretation of the Settlement Model","authors":"T. Boroń, M. Winiarska-Kabacińska","doi":"10.1080/01977261.2023.2233165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01977261.2023.2233165","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45597,"journal":{"name":"Lithic Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47822188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Raw Material Consumption Strategies in Holocenic Hunter-Fisher-Gatherer Groups from the South-Eastern Coast of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina): A Use-Wear Perspective.","authors":"Ivan Briz i Godino, N. Pal, Myrian R. Álvarez","doi":"10.1080/01977261.2023.2225979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01977261.2023.2225979","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45597,"journal":{"name":"Lithic Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47363530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}