The Worked Flint

Conneller, Chantal; Little, Aimée; Garcia-Diaz, Virginia; Croft, Shannon

doi:10.22599/book2.u

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“…1, p. xx-xx DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/jls.2892 making this distinction for the RPAS assemblage, but the possibility exists following further excavation to increase the sample size. Further, the assemblage seems to show some similarities with the Star Carr assemblage as described by Conneller et al (2018;see also Pitts & Jacobi 1979;Reyner 2005;Saville 2004). The blade production in RPAS Concept 2 technology differs in its basic strategies from those of RPAS Concept 1, as well as those used within the Final Palaeolithic and Early Mesolithic of northwest Europe, and the Middle and Late Mesolithic of northwest continental Europe (Berg-Hansen 2017; 2018; Damlien 2016; Damlien et al 2018;David & Sørensen 2016;Sørensen 2006b;Sørensen et al 2013).…”

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A tanged point and two blade technologies from Rubha Port an t-Seilich, Isle of Islay, western Scotland

Berg-Hansen

Wicks

Mithen

2019

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We describe a tanged point and a blade technology from Rubha Port an t-Seilich, Isle of Islay, Scotland that provides further support to a Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene presence in Scotland prior to the establishment of the narrow blade Mesolithic industry. The existing evidence for a Late Pleistocene or early Holocene presence comes from isolated finds of tanged points (Tiree, Shieldig, Brodgar), undated assemblages from disturbed contexts that are most likely Late Pleistocene in date (Howburn, Kilmefort Cave), and undated assemblages containing broad blade microliths (e.g., Glenbatrick, Morton). This article provides a summary of recent excavations and the stratigraphy at Rubha Port an t-Seilich, and a detailed analysis the lithic blade blank production at the site, which is, we believe, the first application of a chaîne opératoire based approach to a Scottish assemblage. The study includes comparisons with contemporary assemblages from north-western Europe. The significance of the Rubha Port an t-Seilich finds is threefold: (1) the relative large size of the assemblage that allows a technological analysis; (2) the finds partially derive from a stratified context below a narrow blade assemblage, associated with radiocarbon dates 9301-7750 cal. BP; and (3) further excavation can increase the sample size and potentially expose an in situ Late Pleistocene or early Holocene cultural horizon.

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