Organiczny czy mineralny? Technika miękkiego tłuka w późnym paleolicie na wybranych stanowiskach z terenu Pomorza Zachodniego

Michał Adamczyk; Marta Chmiel-Chrzanowska

doi:10.23858/APol69.2024.002

Published: 2024-12-31 — Updated on 2024-12-31

Vol. 69 (2024)

Organic or mineral? The soft hammer technique in the Late Palaeolithic at selected sites in Western Pomerania

Michał Adamczyk , Marta Chmiel-Chrzanowska

Archeologia Polski

Section: Studies

https://doi.org/10.23858/APol69.2024.002

Abstract

This article presents the results of research on the technique of using a soft hammer to produce flint blades found at selected Late Palaeolithic sites in Western Pomerania. Material from three sites was analysed: Kocierz 3, Buniewice 7, and Wołczkowo 1. They are all associated with the Federmesser and Ahrensburgian cultures, and possibly the Bromme and Swiderian cultures, dated to the 12th and 11th millennia BCE. Also studied was currently prepared experimental products, the reference collection thus created including blades struck with mineral (stone) and organic (antler) hammers. All the studied items underwent dynamic technological classification and subsequent statistical analysis. The results indicate that Palaeolithic flint knappers used both types of hammers with varying frequency. It was found that in older assemblages, the proportion of tools made with mineral hammers was significantly higher, while in later assemblages, these proportions were more equal. Variations were also observed depending on the position of the product in the chaîne opératoire.

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Late Palaeolithic, Western Pomerania, flintknapping technology, experimental archaeology, statistical analysis

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Adamczyk, M., & Chmiel-Chrzanowska, M. (2024). Organic or mineral? The soft hammer technique in the Late Palaeolithic at selected sites in Western Pomerania. Archeologia Polski, 69, 11–41. https://doi.org/10.23858/APol69.2024.002

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