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Obsidian blade debitage at Kašov-Čepegov I (Bükk culture), Slovakia: Дебитаж от обсидианови пластини от Кашоу-Чепегоу I (култура Бюк) в Словакия
No full textThis paper presents the first results of a new lithic study of the site of Kašov-Čepegov I (KČ-I) in eastern Slovakia. Excavations at Kašov were conducted by Ladislav Bánesz during the mid-1980s after finds were made during the digging of a drainage ditch (Bánesz 1991). Archaeological excavation exposed a pit that contained several concentrations of hundreds of obsidian artefacts associated with decorated pottery sherds belonging to the Bükk culture (šiška 1991). Exploitation of, and trade in, obsidian is usually linked to this culture. Previous analyses of the chipped stone industries from various sites have shown that obsidian played a major role in distribution networks, especially given the existence of so-called ‘specialized on-site workshops’ where blocks of raw material were preliminarily worked and partially exploited to obtain blades (Kaczanowska, Kozłowski 2008). Technological study of two concentrations at KČ-I shows that the chaîne opératoire of debitage of obsidian blades is quite distinctive and made by ‘punch technique’ (indirect percussion). The production does not exhibit a very high level of regularity and includes ‘macro blade’ debitage as well as smaller blades. Besides the main production, evidence of flint knapping apprenticeship has been detected, on very small obsidian nodules. Reassessment of the material from KČ-I leads to the interpretation of the collection as a domestic assemblage rather than a workshop production as initially suggested by Bánesz. It should be noted that the obsidian production does not differ much from blade production from limnic quartzite or radiolarite described from other Bükk sites. In fact, the debitage of the pit of KČ-I is interpreted as belonging to a laminar tradition that appeared in the early phase of the early Linear Pottery culture in eastern Slovakia
Глинени масички от неолитното селище до град Върбица, област Шумен: Clay miniature tables from the Neolithic settlement near the town of Varbitsa, Shumen district
No full textThis report presents 16 fragments of clay miniature tables found in the Neolithic settlement near the town of Varbitsa. They derive from different stratigraphic levels. Nine fall in the period Karanovo II-III (№1-9), six are found in layers that are associated with Karanovo II (№10-15) and one originates from a stratigraphic level that represents the boundary between Karanovo I and Karanovo II (№16). Only six of the finds have an indication for their shape– five are triangular and one is rectangular. Three examples give some information about the height of the artefacts – between 6,2 and 7,7 cm, while the reconstructed length of the walls is around 15 cm. The clay tables have several techniques and motifs of decoration. The technological, formal and decorational characteristic of the miniature clay tables from Varbitsa are very similar to the multiple finds of the same kind from other Neolithic settlements at the Balkans
Рецензия на книга: Aaron N. Shugar, Jennifer L. Mass (eds), Handheld XRF for Art and Archaeology. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2012. Studies in Archaeological Sciences 3, ISBN 978-90-5867-934-5: Book review: Aaron N. Shugar, Jennifer L. Mass (eds), Handheld XRF for Art and Archaeology. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2012. Studies in Archaeological Sciences 3, ISBN 978-90-5867-934-5
No full textМеждународна научна конференция „Археология на средновековния храм“ (по случай 170-та годишнина на К.К. Косцюшко-Валюжинич), Държавен музей-резерват „Херсонес-Таврически“, 25-29 септември 2017 г.: “Archeology of the Medieval Temple” International Academic Conference (on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of K. K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich), State Museum-Reserve “Tauric Chersonese”, 25-29 September 2017
No full textGround stone tools from the Late Neolithic site Hlebozavoda, Nova Zagora district
Full text linkThe materials from the Late Neolithic site Hlebozavoda provide important information about the changes in the ground stone tool production as well as their use during the occupation of the site. The analyses of the raw materials, together with the study of production techniques, the artefacts’ particularities and their stratigraphic position have strongly suggested that although ground stone tools production was taking place at the site, it was not an important part of its economy.Two finds are of special interest: a fragment of quartz adze and a fragment of marble mace head. These two artefacts are not common in the Late Neolithic and most probably have a representative or symbolic character. The raw material of the mace head is most probably imported from the region around Topolovgard and Elhovo, some 55 km to the southeast from the site. Considering the data from the separate building horizons, a steady decline of ground stone tool production and use is observed. This situation may account for the restriction of the raw material supply area and the resulting use of limited rock types. On the basis of the accumulated data and observations about the separate occupation stages, we believe that this state of affairs is related to the slow decline of the settlement
Quarrying in the Stone Age and Bronze Age in southern Norway studied as a socially situated phenomenon: Добиването на каменни суровини през неолита и бронзовата епоха в Норвегия, изучавано като социален феномен
No full textIn this paper, a chaîne opératoire analysis of lithic extraction sites and direct lithic procurement form the point of departure. This study was originally part of a PhD project comprising a detailed examination and contextualization of 21 extraction sites located in southern Norway. The 21 sites are in different topographical settings and landscapes, in different geographical regions, and they provided people in the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age with different types of rock. I build on the results from the original study of all the sites, but I will here emphasize only a few of them. To transcend the sites’ physical differences and acquire information about procurement practices, I operate with an extended notion of what constitutes a quarry. Whereas estimates of the scale of quarrying and the duration of exploitation are important, tracing the occurrence of the extracted rock away from the quarries in different dated archaeological contexts is equally necessary in order to understand the character and value of the exploitation of the procurement sites.
Investigating lithic procurement from various angles, attempting to chart and visualize spatial and temporal variation in practices, different methods have been applied. An important aspect has been to establish an index of the intensity of exploitation. This enables a demonstration of a ‘norm’ and an ‘extraordinary’ manner of exploitation of quarries and other lithic procurement practices. Furthermore, lithic procurement studied as a chain of operations embeds a theoretical perspective where all practices are perceived as influenced and guided consciously or subconsciously by peoples’ cultural choices, traditions and social habitus. Together with the dated and contextualized sites and procurement practices, this offers a frame for interpreting the results of my study; some practices are common cross-regionally, while others defined regions and/or time-periods. Quarry studies therefore have the potential to provide insights into developing social relations and social-political strategies. Indeed, interpreted in a wider cultural context, it seems that how, and from whom or where you obtained your rock mattered more than the type or the quality of the rock itself
„Ранносредновековни и средновековни транспортни контейнери (VIII-XII в.). Производствени центрове, съдържание и мрежи на разпространение. В памет на Фабиола Ардицоне”: “I contenitori da transporto altomedievali e medievali (VIII-XII secolo). Centri produttori, contenuti, reti di scambio. In memoria di Fabiola Ardizzone”.
No full textArticle review: Stanimira Taneva, Nikolay Sirakov. Hotnitsa-Orlovka Microperforators - Endscrapers: A Diagnostic Element of Pre-Neolithic Regional Lithic Traditions and Its Participation in the Balkan Neolithization. Archaeologia Bulgarica XXI.2, 2017
Full text linkThe origin and distribution of obsidian in prehistoric Bohemia: Произход и разпространение на обсидиан в праисторическа Бохемия
No full textThis paper summarizes current knowledge of the distribution of obsidian in prehistoric Bohemia (Czech Republic). In terms of this raw material’s distribution, Bohemia is a peripheral area, and it is also the westernmost part of its regular archaeological occurrence. Because of its rarity within the specified area, it is possible to identify this material quite easily even in earlier archaeological literature, and together with new discoveries, to create a coherent picture of its distribution. So far, only two locations in Bohemia have been described where the processing of raw obsidian material is documented. Both these sites are located in the eastern part of the study area; in terms of location these are the closest sites to the anticipated sources. The sites are dated to a later stage of the Stroked Pottery culture. Because no such processing sites are known from other periods, we believe it was mainly the distribution of entire blanks and pre-prepared cores that took place at that time.
Furthermore, our study discusses the original sources of obsidian in terms of the region that is being monitored. In accordance with the aims of our investigation, the selected obsidian artefacts were subjected to geochemical analysis to identify their origins. The peak of the distribution is the period of the Stroked Pottery culture (4900–4500/4400 cal BC). The basic outcome of the geochemical analysis is the identification of at least two sources of raw material in the Carpathian source area
Tracing the source of obsidian from prehistoric sites in Bulgaria: Установяване произхода на обсидиана от праисторически обекти в България
No full textPortable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry was used to obtain source determinations for 11 obsidian artefacts from five archaeological sites in Bulgaria. The results show that all the archaeological specimens can be linked to obsidian sources in the Carpathian Mountains in the border region between Hungary and Slovakia. Obsidian from the C2E source in Hungary occurred in very early Neolithic contexts at Dzhulyunitsa, while the majority of samples from later contexts at Ohoden, Dzherman and Varna came mainly from the Slovakian (C1) source. The data hint at a shift from the use of C2 obsidian in the Neolithic before 5900 cal BC, to a preference for C1 obsidian in later periods – however, more finds and better contextual and chronological data are required to verify this trend