Naslov
Exploring Sources of Knappable Materials as a Starting Point for Locating Pre-Neolithic Open-Air Sites in Dalmatia

Autori
Ivić, Šime ; Pavlek, Katarina ; Silvija, Lasić ; Marinković, Stjepan ; Šošić Klindžić, Rajna ; Halamić, Josip

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
4th scientific conference Methodology and Archaeometry, book of abstracts / Miloglav, Ina - Zagreb : Hrvatsko antropološko društvo, 2016, 32-32

ISBN
978-953-6335-10-7

Skup
4th scientific conference Methodology & Archaeometry

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 01.12.2016. - 02.12.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
chert ; raw material source ; Dalmatia

Sažetak
Even though Neolithic sites around Šibenik have been relatively well studied, reports about sources of rocks suitable for making stone tools in that area were practically nonexistent. Several of such sources were discovered during the summer of 2016, all of them different in terms of quality and geological age. The finds include chert nodules embedded in Eocene foraminifera limestone on slopes around the Danilo field, bedded Jurassic cherts in the village of Baljci near the spring of the river Čikola, lenses of chert and silicified tuff at Zelovske staje on the eastern slopes of Mt. Svilaja, and also chert fragments in the Krka riverbed as an indicator of a primary rock source further upstream. Besides the possibility of comparing the raw material with known lithic assemblages, these finds also provide an opportunity for locating pre-Neolithic open-air sites, often situated very close to sources of knappable stone. Such sources, along with other natural factors on which people depended in this period (bodies of fresh water, terrain, geological and pedological substrate, karst landforms, e.g. caves, rock-shelters, sinkholes etc.) can be spatially analyzed to highlight areas favourable for concentration of human activity over time. Known open-air sites can also be spatially analyzed by the same principle to ascertain which factors determined the position of these areas the most. Since known sites are most obviously linked to sources of raw materials, the existence of surface finds is also expected in the surroundings of the Danilo field. In case a Mesolithic assemblage is discovered, a comparison could be made with the local Neolithic stone tool industry in a non-cave context.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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