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Quantifying how much raw material is needed: A case study based on the weight of the lithic artefacts from the Brno‐Štýřice III Epigravettian site (Moravia, Czech Republic)
Author(s) -
Nerudová Z.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/arcm.12518
Subject(s) - czech , assemblage (archaeology) , raw material , flake , archaeology , geography , geology , physical geography , biology , ecology , materials science , composite material , philosophy , linguistics
This paper compares the quantification of different raw materials in a chipped stone assemblage by weight and by number at the site of Brno‐Štýřice III in Moravia, Czech Republic. The use of the same reduction technology for all raw materials means that the Brno‐Štýřice III assemblage is a good case study. The result demonstrates that semi‐local raw material tends to dominate numerically, but in terms of weight, there is a significant change in the predominant raw material. The paper contextualizes the results in relation to other assemblages and discusses the possible reasons for this phenomenon.