An Assessment and Archaeological Application of Cortex Measurement in Lithic Assemblages

Douglass, Matthew; Holdaway, Simon; Fanning, Patricia; Shiner, Justin

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“…But there are other, equally valuable, theory-based analytical protocols for eco-dynamics that can guide new work on existing but minimally studied collections. Examples for lithics include estimations of cortex removal, measures of flake reduction, and comparisons of complete and truncated reduction sequences (chaîne opératoires) to name but a few (Kuhn, 1994;Morrow, 1996;Dibble et al, 2005;Douglas et al, 2008;Riel-Salvatore and Negrino, 2009). The results of these studies, along with the current one, emphasize the value of quantitative, whole-assemblage analyses over studies of individual artifacts for understanding human ecological systems at the regional scale in which they operated.…”

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In glacial environments beyond glacial terrains: Human eco-dynamics in late Pleistocene Mediterranean Iberia

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Quaternary International

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In glacial environments beyond glacial terrains: Human eco-dynamics in late Pleistocene Mediterranean Iberia

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“…Movement of flakes in the Rutherfords Creek study area was assessed using a method for determining mobility based on the proportion of cortex present on artefacts, the details of which have been widely published and discussed (Dibble et al 2005;Douglass et al 2008;Holdaway et al 2010b;Lin et al 2010). Three steps are involved:…”

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“…This value is compared to the actual quantity of cortex observed in the assemblage and is ex- artefacts with a greater cortical surface area to volume ratio than the nodules from which they were produced. This would result from the selective removal of large blanks, blanks that would tend to have cortex on their dorsal surface as a consequence of their size (Douglass et al 2008). Artefacts with a high proportion of cortex and large surface area, but which are also thin and therefore have a low volume, most affect the Cortex Ratio.…”

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Landscape Archaeology between Art and Science : From a Multi- to an Interdisciplinary Approach

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2012

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The publication of this book is made possible by grants from: All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of both the copyright owner and the author of the book.Every effort had been made to obtain permission to use all copyrighted illustrations reproduced in this book.Nonetheless, whosoever believes to have rights to this material is advised to contact the publisher. PrefaceSince the 1960s, 'landscape' has been a key topic of archaeological research all over the world. Initially drawing on environmental archaeology, and using models from the earth sciences as well as cultural ecology, landscapes have been conceptualised predominantly as the natural environments determining human behaviour or as a backdrop to human action. In the New Archaeology of the 1960s, ecology and settlement patterns were studied together with anthropology, with the aim of piecing together information on past economic and social systems (Trigger 1989, 295). Lewis Binford argued that the goal of archaeology should be to understand the range of human behaviours and the differences in culture, based on a belief that cultures were adaptive responses to our environment (Binford 1962), and archaeologists at the time were optimistic that culture and culture change were rational and could be predicted based on archaeological assemblages and settlement patterns.In This volume will begin with a discussion of Landscape Archaeology and its history, followed by a discussion of themes and summaries of the papers in this volume. We end with some concluding remarks 10 · landscape archaeology between art and science and suggestions for future research. Although the editors have put a lot of energy into editing the text of this volume, please note that many contributors are writing in English as a second language. We have endeavoured to smooth out the English, but we apologise for the awkwardness of some phrasing in the text.All 35 papers of the LAC2010 proceedings have been peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. The editors have approached a large number of peer reviewers within the participating institution within the VU University, the Cultural Heritage Agency and the international Advisory Board of LAC2010. We wish to thank the following colleagues who have made the realisation of the proceedings of LAC2010 possible.

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“…Surface exposure means that substantial numbers of artifacts can be analyzed very economically, leading to new insights on the nature of assemblage composition (e.g., Holdaway, Shiner, & Fanning, 2004;Douglass et al, 2008). However, failure to understand the nature of erosion and aggradation, and the episodic nature of events that shape surface sediments including the archaeological record, can lead to quite erroneous conclusions .…”

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The surface archaeological record in arid Australia: Geomorphic controls on preservation, exposure, and visibility

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The conventional approach to assessing the archaeological record in most parts of the world involves a combination of excavation of stratified deposits and extensive survey of surface deposits. Although widely applied in Australia, in both research-based and management archaeology, the method does not conform well to the nature of the surface archaeological record here. Over much of semi-arid and arid Australia, archaeological "sites" are, in fact, accretion phenomena that are not easily interpreted as the outcome of short-term behavioral events. Using results from twelve years of geoarchaeological research in western New South Wales, we demonstrate that there is considerable variability in landsurface age, and hence the "availability" of archaeological surfaces, over relatively short distances. Therefore, it cannot be assumed that stone artifact deposits, for example, that appear to be similar in character are of similar age. Data are also presented that demonstrate that the presence of artifacts on the surface, their apparent absence in sediments buried beneath the surface, and the apparent recent ubiquity of the archaeological record are all a function of geomorphic processes that, at the same time, expose some artifact deposits at the surface and erode and bury others amid large volumes of sediment. Interpreting the surface artifact record within a spatial and temporal geomorphic framework is crucial to understanding the past human behavior that the artifact deposits represent.

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An Assessment and Archaeological Application of Cortex Measurement in Lithic Assemblages

Cited by 78 publications

References 34 publications

In glacial environments beyond glacial terrains: Human eco-dynamics in late Pleistocene Mediterranean Iberia

In glacial environments beyond glacial terrains: Human eco-dynamics in late Pleistocene Mediterranean Iberia

Landscape Archaeology between Art and Science : From a Multi- to an Interdisciplinary Approach

The surface archaeological record in arid Australia: Geomorphic controls on preservation, exposure, and visibility

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