Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

TY  - JOUR
JO  - Anthropologie (Brno)
TI  - The Southern Moravian Cherts at the Aurignacian site of Stratzing-Galgenberg, Austria
AU  - Brandl M
AU  - Moreau L
AU  - Schmitsberger O
AU  - Neugebauer-Maresch Ch
Y1  - 2015
VL  - 53
IS  - 1-2
PB  - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
SN  - 0323-1119
SP  - 181
EP  - 202
KW  - Stratzing-Galgenberg – Raw material studies – Southern Moravian chert – Lithic resource management
N2  - 
N2  - The scientific investigation of Palaeolithic stone tool assemblages requires close transdisciplinary
collaborations involving raw material studies and typological and techno-economic analyses. It has also become
clear that such in-depth analyses have to be conducted by trained specialists followed by recombination of the
datasets. Our current paper presents successful cooperative efforts in a case study concerning specific raw material
types in the lithic assemblage from Stratzing-Galgenberg, one of the most important Aurignacian open-air sites in
Central Europe. The structure of our study follows the imperative analytical steps to achieve conclusive results for
such an investigation. First, we demonstrate the application of the analytical classification system used for stereomicroscopic single artefact raw material determination. Secondly, we discuss the problematic nature of purely
macroscopic raw material investigation for particular raw material types, in this case Southern Moravian chert
varieties. Subsequently, the behavioural assessments focus on the results provided by raw material analyses and
allow for preliminary reflections concerning resource management strategies of late Aurignacian hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Danube region.
ER  -