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Investigating Use-Wear Patterns on Handaxes From Europe and Western Asia.
Investigating Use-Wear Patterns on Handaxes From Europe and Western Asia.

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자료유형  
 학위논문
Control Number  
0017160132
International Standard Book Number  
9798383161630
Dewey Decimal Classification Number  
571
Main Entry-Personal Name  
Rodriguez, Alice.
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  
[S.l.] : New York University., 2024
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
Physical Description  
250 p.
General Note  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-12, Section: B.
General Note  
Advisor: Iovita, Radu.
Dissertation Note  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 2024.
Summary, Etc.  
요약Handaxes, bifacially flaked stone tools of sub-oval form, were produced for over a million years across half the world during the Lower Paleolithic period. During this period we see the emergence of the genus Homo in Africa, and we observe the first dispersal of hominins out of Africa into Eurasia. These African hominins confronted new environments and encountered different climates, natural resources and food sources. Yet, despite being found in so many different environmental contexts, the shape of handaxes seem to stay relatively constant. This lack of change is puzzling, because archaeologists have long thought that handaxes were part of the technological adaptation that allowed these expansions to happen (Roe, 2003; Isaac et al., 1977; Gowlett, 2014; Pargeter et al., 2020). Keeping a constant shape for over a million years requires a mechanism that is currently unknown. Either hominins intentionally kept the design of the handaxes constant despite environmental diversity, or these shapes are similar by convergence. Knowing which of the two alternatives is true requires knowing what the function of handaxes was. However, the function of handaxes has received less attention than their shape, and remains a mystery, even two hundred years after their first discovery. This dissertation seeks to explore the question of handaxe function through time and space, by studying simple patterns of use based on microscopic wear found on handaxes from sites in Israel and France. This study aims to investigate if it is possible for the function of handaxes to remain constant regardless of their difference in period and location. To do so, I mapped the wear type and its location located on a wide corpus of handaxes as well as verified if it is possible to identify different patterns by sites and period. This project addressed this issue by first collecting data from Eurasian handaxes from a wide time span (from 1.7 Ma to 140 ka). Wear type (micro-scars, edge crushing, striations, edge rounding, polish) were identified density, shape, orientation, relative position, and distribution. Finally, the study produced quantitative data on the location of different types of wear on the stone tools to identify surface modification patterns corresponding to different sites and over time.
Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  
Archaeology.
Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  
Cultural anthropology.
Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  
Paleontology.
Index Term-Uncontrolled  
Experimentation
Index Term-Uncontrolled  
Handaxe
Index Term-Uncontrolled  
Lower Paleolithic
Index Term-Uncontrolled  
Prehistory
Index Term-Uncontrolled  
Replicas
Index Term-Uncontrolled  
Use-wear analysis
Added Entry-Corporate Name  
New York University Anthropology
Host Item Entry  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-12B.
Electronic Location and Access  
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■520    ▼aHandaxes,  bifacially  flaked  stone  tools  of  sub-oval  form,  were  produced  for  over  a  million  years  across  half  the  world  during  the  Lower  Paleolithic  period.  During  this  period  we  see  the  emergence  of  the  genus  Homo  in  Africa,  and  we  observe  the  first  dispersal  of  hominins  out  of  Africa  into  Eurasia.  These  African  hominins  confronted  new  environments  and  encountered  different  climates,  natural  resources  and  food  sources.  Yet,  despite  being  found  in  so  many  different  environmental  contexts,  the  shape  of  handaxes  seem  to  stay  relatively  constant.  This  lack  of  change  is  puzzling,  because  archaeologists  have  long  thought  that  handaxes  were  part  of  the  technological  adaptation  that  allowed  these  expansions  to  happen  (Roe,  2003;  Isaac  et  al.,  1977;  Gowlett,  2014;  Pargeter  et  al.,  2020).  Keeping  a  constant  shape  for  over  a  million  years  requires  a  mechanism  that  is  currently  unknown.  Either  hominins  intentionally  kept  the  design  of  the  handaxes  constant  despite  environmental  diversity,  or  these  shapes  are  similar  by  convergence.  Knowing  which  of  the  two  alternatives  is  true  requires  knowing  what  the  function  of  handaxes  was.  However,  the  function  of  handaxes  has  received  less  attention  than  their  shape,  and  remains  a  mystery,  even  two  hundred  years  after  their  first  discovery.  This  dissertation  seeks  to  explore  the  question  of  handaxe  function  through  time  and  space,  by  studying  simple  patterns  of  use  based  on  microscopic  wear  found  on  handaxes  from  sites  in  Israel  and  France.  This  study  aims  to  investigate  if  it  is  possible  for  the  function  of  handaxes  to  remain  constant  regardless  of  their  difference  in  period  and  location.  To  do  so,  I  mapped  the  wear  type  and  its  location  located  on  a  wide  corpus  of  handaxes  as  well  as  verified  if  it  is  possible  to  identify  different  patterns  by  sites  and  period.  This  project  addressed  this  issue  by  first  collecting  data  from  Eurasian  handaxes  from  a  wide  time  span  (from  1.7  Ma  to  140  ka).  Wear  type  (micro-scars,  edge  crushing,  striations,  edge  rounding,  polish)  were  identified  density,  shape,  orientation,  relative  position,  and  distribution.  Finally,  the  study  produced  quantitative  data  on  the  location  of  different  types  of  wear  on  the  stone  tools  to  identify  surface  modification  patterns  corresponding  to  different  sites  and  over  time.
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■650  4▼aPaleontology.
■653    ▼aExperimentation
■653    ▼aHandaxe
■653    ▼aLower  Paleolithic
■653    ▼aPrehistory
■653    ▼aReplicas
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