Naslov
Early Neolithic large blades from Crno Vrilo (Dalmatia, Croatia): preliminary techno- functional analysis

Autori
Kačar, Sonja ; Philibert, Sylvie

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

Izvornik
ENE- 2019 Conference (book of abstracts) / Kolektiv, CSIC - Barcelona : CSIC, 2019, 174-174

Skup
1st Conference on the Early Neolithic of Europe (ENE 2019)

Mjesto i datum
Barcelona, Španjolska, 06.11.2019. - 08.11.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Recenziran

Ključne riječi
Neolithization, Dalmatia, Impressed Ware, lithic technology, pressure flaking, use-wear analysis, raw material economy

Sažetak
The excavation of the CrnoVrilo site, situated in the hinterland of Zadar in Dalmatia (Croatia), carried out by Brunislav Marijanović from the University of Zadar in the early 2000s, unearthed the remains of Early Neolithic village dating back to ca. 5800-5600 cal BC and the rich vestiges of material culture. The lithic assemblage, including more than 4000 artefacts in a generally good state of preservation, represents the biggest Impressed Ware collection of littoral Croatia. The Crno Vrilo lithic production is characterized by the pressure blade flaking on high-quality exogenous cherts (from Gargano peninsula in Southern Italy), reflecting important socio-economic and technical mutations that are proper to the Neolithic. While the presence of some débitage elements like flakes, cortical flakes and debris, as well as of technological pieces such as core tablets, crested blades, overshot blades and core renewal flakes and blades, could indicate that at least one part of the blades were produced in situ. The presence of large blades (width exceeding 20 mm) is odd since their morphometry suggests that they were produced by lever pressure. The employment of the lever, a complex system that is sometimes referred to as a first machine, is already reported on in the Early Neolithic of Greece and Southern Italy. The pressure flaking with a lever, as the most demanding technique in blade production, implies high technological investment and important know-how and thus some form of socio- economical specialization, suggesting that large blades were imported as finished products. However, it is difficult to demonstrate that all the large blades were obtained by lever pressure as well as to determining the exact means of their acquisition. An integrated technological and functional analysis carried out on all kinds of large blades (central blades, cortical and technical blades) revealed their mode of use and enabled the clarification of the status of these blanks.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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