Application of a new method of typometric study to Paleolithic handaxes |
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| Eduardo Ramil Rego, Ana Jesús López Díaz, Alberto Ramil Rego, Santiago Pozo Antonio |
- Abstract:
- The studies about handaxes have been centred on analysing their shapes under a typometric perspective. The Borders 's method, the most widely used worldwide, does not allow an appropriate study of the volumetric features of stone tools, since it presents subjective categories based on the visual recognition of the characteristics of an assemblage composed of 200 individuals. We propose a new method to analyse the metrological composition of a series of hand axes and to mathematically analyse the proximity or distance among different series. This paper presents the application of this methodology in order to study various series of handaxes dated from the Middle Acheulean, coming from Europe, Africa and Asia, in order to analyse their internal structures and to carry out comparative studies among them. The analyses confirm, in general terms, the chronocultural adscription of the series and the determinism in the metric of some extremely tough raw materials.
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- Event details
- IMEKO TC:
- TC4
- Event name:
- MetroArchaeo 2016
- Title:
International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural heritage (TC4)
- Place:
- Torino, ITALY
- Time:
- 19 October 2016 - 21 October 2016