MASTER INDEX

TECHNOLOGY
RAW MATERIALS
STUDY METHODS
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TYPOLOGY

• SCRAPERS
  
  Endscrapers
  
  
• convex end scraper
• transverse end scraper
• straight end scraper
• concave end scraper
• straight end scraper on a flake
• concave end scraper on a flake
  
  
• Side scrapers
  
  
• notch
• denticulate
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• PROJECTILE POINTS
  
  
• single-edged point
• transverse point
• tanged point
  
  
• Bifacial retouched points
  
  
• bifacial leaf-shaped point
• bifacial triangular point
• bifacial lanceolate point
• barbed and tanged point
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• MICROLITHS
  
  
• lanceolate microlith
• lunate microlith
• triangular microlith
• trapeze microlith
• rectangle microlith
• rhomboid microlith
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• Micro-burins
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• BURINS
  
  
• dihedral burin
• burin on a break
• burin on a truncation
• multiple burin
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• PIERCERS/BORERS
  
  
• piercer on a blade
• piercer on a flake
• drillbit
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• AXES
  
  flake axe
• core axe
• Nostvet axe
• Slipt trinn axe
• Prikkhugget trinn axe
• Vespestad axe
• Vestlands axe
• Spissnakket axe
• Thin necked axe-Tynnakket flintøks
• Thick necked axe-Tykknakket flintøks
• Hulegget flintøks
• Broad edged axe-Bredegget flintøks
• Many-sided axe-Mangekantøks
• Double-sided Battle axe-Dobbeltegget stridsøks
• Boat axe-Båtøks og relaterte typer
• Plain battle axe-Enkel skafthulløks
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• DAGGERS/Dolke
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• dolke Type I
• dolke Type II
• dolke Type III
• dolke Type IV
• dolke Type V
• dolke Type VI
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• SICKLES
• 
  
• crescent sickle
• blade sickle
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• CORES
  
  
• conical blade core
• conical microblade core
• handle core
• cylindrical blade core
• keeled core
• multiple platform core
• bipolar core
• irregular core
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• KNAPPING TOOLS
  
  
• hammerstone
• anvil
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• NET SINKERS
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• AMBER ARTIFACTS
  
  PALAEOLITHIC HAND AXES

TECHNOLOGY
index

• DEBITAGE
  
  Blank
• Preform
• Debris
• Detritus
• Flake
• chip
• Blade
• bladelet
• knapping fragment
• platform rejuvenation flake (core rejuvenation sequence)
• flake from a polished axe
• crested blade (click here to see sequence)
• Parts of debitage
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• PLATFORMS OR BUTTS
  
  
• corticated butt
• plain butt
• prepared butt
• dihedral butt
• facetted butt
• punctiform butt
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• HAMMER MODE
  
  
• direct percussion
• indirect percussion
• hard hammer
• soft hammer
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• BREAKAGE PATTERNS
  
  
• intentional break
• manufacturing snaps
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• KNAPPING FEATURES
  
  
• hinged flake
• hinged negative removal
• plunge
• plunged negative removal
• miss-strike rings
• feathering
• step fracture
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• RETOUCH TYPES
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• scraper retouch
• parallel retouch
• sub-parallel retouch
• fine retouch
• abrupt retouch
• scalar retouch
• invasive retouch
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• POSITION OF RETOUCH
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• direct retouch
• inverse retouch
• alternate retouch
• alternating retouch
• bifacial retouch
• invasive retouch
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• SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
  
  pressure flaking
• burin technique (click here to see sequence)
• micro-burin technique (click here to see sequence)
  Levallois technique
  groove and splinter technique

RAW MATERIALS
index

• NATURAL ALTERATION
  
  heat fracture
• frost fracture
• patination
• desert polish
• starch fractures
• fire-cracked rocks
• ballast
• edge damage
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• NODULES
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• ROCK TYPES
  
  
  
• SILICA
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• Flint
• Chert
• Quartz
• Rock crystal
• Chalcedony
• Jasper
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• IGNEOUS
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• Obsidian
• Rhyolite
• Diorite
• Basalt
• Diabase
• Pumice
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• METAMORPHIC
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• Slate
• Schist
• Soapstone
• Quartzite
• Gneiss
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• SEDIMENTARY
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• Breccia
• Mudstone
• Sandstone
• Arkose
• Dolomite
• Conglomerate
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• MISCELLANEOUS
• Amber
• Ochre

STUDY METHODS
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• Typology
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• Typo-Chronology (not available yet)
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• Use-wear analysis
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• Refitting
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• Chaîne opératoire
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• Expert systems
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• Experimental Archaeology
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• Ethnography
  

ON LINE PUBLICATIONS

index


Chaîne opératoire

Expert systems

Interpreting the Function of Stone Tools

Use wear analysis of drill bits

Complexity in Prehistory