Abstract
A unique Pottery Neolithic context corresponding to the Wadi Rabah culture was found at the multi-layered site of Ein Zippori, Israel. Given the significant amount of flakes, cortical flakes, thinning flakes, and bifacial tool rejects, it was classified as a refuse pit in which bifacial knapping waste from a nearby workshop was disposed. In this paper we present the assemblage of Locus 8071, focusing on the by-products of bifacial tool manufacture and maintenance as well as bifacial tool rejects. We reconstruct the bifacial knapping and maintenance procedures and suggest that Locus 8071 was a disposal area for by-products from a knapping workshop of bifacial tools—an aspect of spatial organization related to possible specialized lithic production at Ein Zippori during the Neolithic period.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 713-730 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of Field Archaeology |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Nov 2016 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Keywords
- Levant
- Neolithic
- bifacial tools
- knapping by-products
- refuse pit
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Archaeology
- Archaeology
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