Basalt bifacial tool production in the southern Levant: a glance at the quarry and workshop site of Giv'at Kipod, Israel

The authors describe the discovery of a Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic basalt axe factory in the Manasseh Hills in Israel and suggest it had a primary role in the region for the production of these functional and symbolic tools. The form of discarded roughouts and flakes is used to deduce the principal...

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Published in:Antiquity 2008-06, Vol.82 (316), p.367-376
Main Authors: Rosenberg, Danny, Shimelmitz, Ron, Nativ, Assaf
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ancient civilizations
Anthropology
Archaeological sites
Archaeology
Asia
axe
bifacial tools
Chalcolithic
Copper age
Discovery and exploration
Ethnographic research
Israel
Late Neolithic
Material culture
Near East
Neolithic Age
Neolithic and chalcolithic
PPNA
Prehistoric tools
Prehistory and protohistory
Research article
Stone
symbolic
Tools, Prehistoric
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Summary:The authors describe the discovery of a Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic basalt axe factory in the Manasseh Hills in Israel and suggest it had a primary role in the region for the production of these functional and symbolic tools. The form of discarded roughouts and flakes is used to deduce the principal eventual product and its sequence of manufacture.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00096861