A unified lithic taxonomy based on patterns of core reduction

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dc.contributor.authorConard, N J
dc.contributor.authorSoressi, M
dc.contributor.authorParkington, J E
dc.contributor.authorWurz, S
dc.contributor.authorYates, R J
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-18T06:42:34Z
dc.date.available2016-03-18T06:42:34Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.date.updated2015-12-17T12:36:47Z
dc.description.abstractThe authors and three students met for workshops on several occasions in Cape Town and Stellenbosch with the goal of defining a taxonomic system for chipped stone artefacts that can be applied to materials from the Early, Middle and Later Stone Age. The motivation for defining a 'unified taxonomy' stems from the need to develop a system for classifying multicomponent surface assemblages. The proposed taxonomy revises southern African systems by applying ideas and methods from European approaches to lithic technology. Given that much confusion exists on the classification of cores and core reduction, the lithic workshops focused on this class of artefact. Most of the variation encountered when examining material from Anyskop, Blombos, Geelbek, Hollow Rock Shelter and Klasies River Mouth could be placed within the taxa of Inclined, Parallel and Platform cores. These categories form the basis of the proposed taxonomy with the additional taxa of Initial, Multidirectional, Indeterminate Broken, Bipolar and Other being necessary for a small proportion of the cores that fall outside the range of the three main taxa. Blind tests using assemblages of cores from Blombos, Geelbek and Anyskop yielded a satisfactory degree of reproducibility and lend credibility to the proposed taxonomy. This paper also considers other key variables of cores including: the morphology of end products, degree of reduction, numbers of striking and removal surfaces, and degree of platform preparation.en_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3889318
dc.identifier.apacitationConard, N. J., Soressi, M., Parkington, J. E., Wurz, S., & Yates, R. J. (2004). A unified lithic taxonomy based on patterns of core reduction. <i>South African Archaeological Bulletin</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17977en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationConard, N J, M Soressi, J E Parkington, S Wurz, and R J Yates "A unified lithic taxonomy based on patterns of core reduction." <i>South African Archaeological Bulletin</i> (2004) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17977en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationConard, N. J., Soressi, M., Parkington, J. E., Wurz, S., & Yates, R. (2004). A unified lithic taxonomy based on patterns of core reduction. South African Archaeological Bulletin, 59(179), 12-16.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0038-1969en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Conard, N J AU - Soressi, M AU - Parkington, J E AU - Wurz, S AU - Yates, R J AB - The authors and three students met for workshops on several occasions in Cape Town and Stellenbosch with the goal of defining a taxonomic system for chipped stone artefacts that can be applied to materials from the Early, Middle and Later Stone Age. The motivation for defining a 'unified taxonomy' stems from the need to develop a system for classifying multicomponent surface assemblages. The proposed taxonomy revises southern African systems by applying ideas and methods from European approaches to lithic technology. Given that much confusion exists on the classification of cores and core reduction, the lithic workshops focused on this class of artefact. Most of the variation encountered when examining material from Anyskop, Blombos, Geelbek, Hollow Rock Shelter and Klasies River Mouth could be placed within the taxa of Inclined, Parallel and Platform cores. These categories form the basis of the proposed taxonomy with the additional taxa of Initial, Multidirectional, Indeterminate Broken, Bipolar and Other being necessary for a small proportion of the cores that fall outside the range of the three main taxa. Blind tests using assemblages of cores from Blombos, Geelbek and Anyskop yielded a satisfactory degree of reproducibility and lend credibility to the proposed taxonomy. This paper also considers other key variables of cores including: the morphology of end products, degree of reduction, numbers of striking and removal surfaces, and degree of platform preparation. DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Archaeological Bulletin KW - lithic artefacts KW - lithic technology KW - classification LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 SM - 0038-1969 T1 - A unified lithic taxonomy based on patterns of core reduction TI - A unified lithic taxonomy based on patterns of core reduction UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17977 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17977
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.jstor.org/stable/3889318
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationConard NJ, Soressi M, Parkington JE, Wurz S, Yates RJ. A unified lithic taxonomy based on patterns of core reduction. South African Archaeological Bulletin. 2004; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17977.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherSouth African Archaeological Societyen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSouth African Archaeological Bulletin
dc.source.urihttp://www.archaeologysa.co.za/saab
dc.subjectlithic artefacts
dc.subjectlithic technology
dc.subjectclassification
dc.titleA unified lithic taxonomy based on patterns of core reductionen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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