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The Middle Palaeolithic site of Mujina pećina: a case o lithic edge damage from level E1

The Middle Palaeolithic site Mujina pećina is a cave located north of Trogir and west of Split in the eastern Adriatic. The poster presents the results of a lithic analysis of level E1 for the first time. The border between this level and lower level (E2) is dated to ca. 45 uncal. ka BP (Rink et al. 2002). There are 1204 lithic artefacts from level E1, and most of them indicate a high degree of edge damage. For this reason, in addition to a morpho-technological analysis, a detailed analysis of retouch and edge damage was carried out. The aim was to find the cause of edge damage or pseudo-retouch and to determine the exact number of tools. Two methods were used: the classification invented by P. Villa and M. Soressi (2000) to determine the type of edge damage, and the approach of S. McBrearty et al. (1998), which clearly distinguishes simple edge damages from pseudo-retouch. Level E1 lithic assemblage contains a small number of scrapers, notches or denticulates, as well as some other Mousterian tools. This material was exposed to certain natural processes which resulted in abundant damage to the edges, including those that look like real retouch. Various types of edge damage were found on 1166 artefacts, which is 96, 84% of the total lithic assemblage from E1.

Pseudo-retouch ; edge damage ; Middle Palaeolithic ; Mujina pećina ; Croatia

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