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Technology and Terminology of Knapped Stone - IRIT

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Contents<br />

List <strong>of</strong> illustrations 8<br />

Foreword 11<br />

Introduction : <strong>Technology</strong> 13<br />

Chapter 1 : Raw materials 19<br />

<strong>Knapped</strong> hard rocks 19<br />

1. Mineralogy 19<br />

2. Knapping suitability <strong>of</strong> hard rocks 21<br />

2.1. An experimenter's viewpoint 21<br />

2.2. Heat treatment <strong>of</strong> raw materials 23<br />

Raw material procurement strategies 25<br />

1. Provenance <strong>of</strong> raw material 26<br />

2. Local availability <strong>of</strong> raw material 26<br />

3. Transport to the campsite 26<br />

Chapter 2 : Knapping 29<br />

Intentional knapping 29<br />

Knapping : shaping, flaking, retouching 30<br />

Knapping methods <strong>and</strong> techniques 30<br />

The main techniques 30<br />

1. Percussion 30<br />

2. Pressure 32<br />

Knapping products 32<br />

1. Describing a flake 33<br />

2. Characteristic flakes 34<br />

3. Knapping waste products 34<br />

4. Knapping accidents 34<br />

4.1. Breaks 34<br />

4.2. Plunging flakes 36<br />

4.3. Hinged flakes 36<br />

4.4. Miscellaneous 36<br />

Chapter 3 : Shaping 43<br />

Bifacial shaping 44<br />

1. Methods 44<br />

2. Techniques 44<br />

3. Morphologies 45<br />

Polyhedral <strong>and</strong> spheroidal shaping 49<br />

Other shaping methods 51<br />

Preforms 51<br />

The cleaver : a very specific tool 55<br />

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