Variability in the Manufacturing of Triangular Geometric Microliths during the Early Mesolithic: Toward a Simplification of Barb Manufacturing? A Comparative Techno-functional Analysis of Microlithic Assemblages from S

The Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Settlement of Northern Italy: Problems and Perspectives

“…Regarding the techno-typological characteristics of the lithic assemblages, we still know very little about the reasons for the hypermicrolithisation of the knapped stone artefacts that reached its apex during the Preboreal, similar to the pattern observed in other countries of Europe [129,130]. We know about differences between the Preboreal and Boreal assemblages, especially as regards the techniques employed in manufacturing triangular micro-armatures [131]. Another important problem concerns the dramatic climatic changes that took place at the end of the Boreal and beginning of the Atlantic, when the lithic assemblage characterised by trapezoidal geometrics took over [8,132,133] and slightly varied throughout ca one millennium, roughly from the beginning of the eighth to the beginning of the seventh millennium BP (ca 7000-6000 cal BC).…”

The Last Glacial Maximum and acceleration of technological change in the Lesotho highlands

“…Considering their small size, it is also possible that some were used as barbs on composite weaponry. Chesnaux, 2014;Goring-Morris et al, 1999;Miolo & Peresani, 2005;Peresani & Miolo, 2012;Wilde & Bie, 2011). The "microburin technique" was used in backed microlith production, but the microburins themselves may not actually have been used as tools.…”