Sonja Tomasso
Université de Liège, Histoire de l'art et archéologie, Graduate Student
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The present use wear and residue analysis aims at identifying hafting practices during the Middle Stone Age at Ifri n'Ammar to improve insight in assemblage variability through time. Particular attention was devoted to the characteristics... more
The present use wear and residue analysis aims at identifying hafting practices during the Middle Stone Age at Ifri n'Ammar to improve insight in assemblage variability through time. Particular attention was devoted to the characteristics of the tanged and non-tanged tools to determine whether these morphological varieties were linked with different prehensile modes. The functional evidence suggests that the process of hafting seemed to be embedded in the technical system, and was not restricted to specific tool morphologies, or tool functions, but concerned a variety of tool types and functions, which is particularly relevant for a better comprehension of the Aterian. Moreover, the detailed analysis of hafting traces identified the integration of animal materials within the process of stone tool hafting as a key factor for changes in stone tool morphologies during the Aterian.
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