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'Mlejnek O, Štefanisko D, 2022: AN ALIEN IN THE MICROLITHIC ASSEMBLAGE:
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF A LARGE TANGED
TOOL FROM THE EARLY MESOLITHIC
SETTLEMENT OF MĚSTEC/OSTROV
(CZECH REPUBLIC). Anthropologie (Brno) 60, 1: 61-74'. |
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| Abstract | | The article deals with an atypical large tanged tool from the archaeological site of Městec/Ostrov in
Eastern Bohemia (Czech Republic) found in a context of the microlithic assemblage typical for local Early Mesolithic
settlement. This tool differs from a majority of lithic artefacts excavated on this site from technological as well as
typological point of view. Morphologically it reminds Late Glacial Northern European tanged points, which were used
as components of projectile weapons. However, an abrupt retouch shaping a tip of the analysed tool would be
inconvenient for this kind of utilization. The functional analysis resulted in the outcome that, at least in the last stage
of the artefact biography, it was not used as a projectile point, but rather as a multifunctional domestic tool, which
could have been used for processing of various material (wood, bone and soft animal tissues). Traceological analysis
suggests that the terminal part of the artefact was used as a borer, while the lateral edges were used for cutting and
whittling. Finally, the occurrence of this tool type in this context is discussed. It remains unclear, whether this artefact
represents a northern import, or if it is a Late Glacial reminiscence or even admixture. Also, it cannot be decided, if it
was originally manufactured as a domestic tool, or if it is a reutilized tanged point. | | | | Keywords | | Early Mesolithic – Preboreal – Late Glacial – Tanged lithic point – Functional analysis | | | | DOI | | https://doi.org/10.26720/anthro.22.03.24.1 | | |
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