ANT 3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hand Axe
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The system by which we classify materials, artifacts, etc: organize data into manageable units, describe types, relationships between types, variability within the archaeological record. Typology: chronological, based on time, functional, what is it used for, stylistic, descriptive. Flintknapping: the process of making tools of stone by breaking down. Percussion flaking stage 1: produces mostly cortical flakes and chunks, 50% cortex (usually large and thicker) Percussion flaking stage 2: produces both cortical and no-cortical flakes, some cortex, but less than 50, non-cortical flakes, no cortex (usually smaller and thinner) Pressure flaking: produces very small non-cortical flakes and powdered stone.
