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Results of a lithic trampling experiment and its comparison to the Mujina pećina lithic material

Stone tools can, apart from man-made retouch, exhibit traces of damage due to post depositional processes. As a result of post depositional factors, whether animal, human or natural in origin, this damage can sometimes be interpreted as man-made retouch, even though it is actually the so called pseudo-retouch. Due to the problems arising in differentiating these two wholly opposite things, the last few decades have shown an increase in trampling experiments the goal of which was to separate and recognize real retouch from pseudo-retouch. This lecture is going to present one such experiment done in 2015/2016, its methodology and results, and the comparison to the results of the pseudo-retouch analysis done on lithic finds from the levels E1 and E2 of Mujina pećina. The experiment consisted of 40 pieces of experimentally made lithic artifacts which were buried 15 cm deep on a path in the vicinity of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. After being in the sediment for 6 months, these lithic artifacts were then carefully excavated and analyzed using a system developed by P. Villa and M. Soressi (Villa i Soressi 2000).

pseudo-retouch, retouch, lithic experiment, trampling, Mujina pećina

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