Functional Perspectives on Lithic Standardization

[en] Functional data accumulated over the recent decades confirm that tool use mechanics, working edge maintenance, and hafting are important factors determining stone tool form. Yet such data are rarely considered in studies on lithic standardization, and tool hafting has entered the discussion mostly in the form of untested hypotheses. In this paper, we examine the effects of tool use, resharpening, and hafting on lithic standardization by drawing on recent use-wear data on Paleolithic domestic tools and projectiles. We evaluate morphological constraints posed by different tool use tasks and hafting systems, and the effects of these on blank selection. We conclude that the concept of standardization can be useful in making sense of lithic assemblage patterning, but it needs to be redefined to accommodate functional considerations. We advise shifting the focus from stone tool form to working edge qualities and hafted tool design, which drastically alters the perspective on inter-assemblage variability.

Disciplines :

Archaeology

Author, co-author :

Taipale, Noora ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine (AAP) ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques > TraceoLab

Rots, Veerle ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine (AAP) ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques > TraceoLab

Language :

English

Title :

Functional Perspectives on Lithic Standardization

Publication date :

2023

Journal title :

Lithic Technology

ISSN :

0197-7261

eISSN :

2051-6185

Publisher :

Informa UK Limited

Special issue title :

Standardization in the Stone Age

Pages :

1-24

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01977261.2023.2190670

European Projects :

FP7 - 312283 - EVO-HAFT - Evolution of stone tool hafting in the Palaeolithic

Funders :

ERC - European Research Council
Kone Foundation
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
EU - European Union

Funding number :

312283; 088817; J.0172.16

Funding text :

This work was supported by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme(FP7/2007–2013, ERC Grant Agreement No. 312283, EVO-HAFT, Veerle Rots), by the Kone Foundation under Grant 088817 (Noora Taipale), and by the Fund for Scientific Research(F.R.S.-FNRS). A part of NT’s travel costs were covered by the ECOPRAT project funded by the Fund for Scientific Research(F.R.S.-FNRS) under Grant J.0172.16.

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