The use of bone retouchers in a Mousterian context of Discoid lithic technology

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Martellotta, Eva Francesca
Delpiano, Davide
Govoni, Mirka
Nannini, Nicola
Duches, Rossella
Peresani, Marco
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2020
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Bone retouchers are an important behavioural marker in the definition of several Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic cultural complexes. However, their relationship with the assemblages of knapped stone artefacts is still to be investigated particularly in specific but not uncommon lithic contexts of the Middle Palaeolithic in Europe. This paper offers insights to evaluate the use of bone retouchers in a context of Discoid lithic technology, a significant cultural expression largely spread in many regions during MIS3. The study case is the lithic and osseous assemblage of unit A9 at Fumane Cave, in north-eastern Italy. A detailed analysis of the bone retouchers is presented for the first time; their technological features are then correlated with the characteristic of the retouch observed on the lithic tools recovered in the same unit. The study contributes to complete a picture of Neanderthal economic behaviour.

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

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12

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9

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Martellotta, EF; Delpiano, D; Govoni, M; Nannini, N; Duches, R; Peresani, M, The use of bone retouchers in a Mousterian context of Discoid lithic technology, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2020, 12 (9), pp. 228

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