DELAGNES, Anne; WADLEY, Lyn; VILLA, Paola; LOMBARD, Marlize

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DELAGNES, Anne
De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie [PACEA]

WADLEY, Lyn
School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies [Johannesburg] [GAES]

VILLA, Paola
University of Colorado Museum

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Southern African Humanities. 2006, vol. 18, n° 1, p. 43-56

KwaZulu-Natal Museum - South Africa

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A technological analysis of crystal quartz backed tools from the Howiesons Poort of Sibudu Cave shows that they are smaller than backed tools from other rock types. They are not highly standardized and their reduction sequence is straightforward. Raw materials could have been obtained near the shelter. The distribution of organic and inorganic residues on the backed tools suggests that they were hafted. Our results imply that interpretations of Howiesons Poort technology as innovative, based on attributes such as long distance transport of raw materials and size standardization of backed pieces, remain undemonstrated.< Leer menos

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Backed tools

Crystal quartz

Howiesons Poort

Sibudu Cave

South Africa

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Crystal quartz backed tools from the Howiesons Poort at Sibudu Cave

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