Flint Tools and Plant Working

Download or read book Flint Tools and Plant Working written by Helle Juel Jensen and published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag. This book was released on 1994 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The functional analysis of flint tool edges using High Power Microscopy has allowed a great increase in the information that can de derived from stone tools. Founded on this method, this study concerns stone tool functions in the Danish Late Mesolithic Ertebolle culture, as well as in the Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture (the TRB). It focuses on evidence of prehistoric plant working, and the lacquer-like sheen or use wear known as `gloss'. The first part of the book discusses the methodology and some problems of interpretation, whilst the second discusses the manufacturing of implements, and the analysis of use wear on TRB sickles. A resume in Danish is also included.