FIRST RESULTS OF USE-WEAR ANALYSIS OF THE LEAF POINTS FROM MORAVANY NAD VÁHOM-DLHÁ

• Authors: Pyżewicz Katarzyna , Nemergut Adrián
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the last century, a big number of specific poplar-leaf shape points were obtained during the archaeological research at the Moravany nad Váhom-Dlhá. The assemblage contains numerous points of various sizes, methods of production at different stages of completion. The paper presents the results of use-wear analysis of the selected leaf points from Moravany nad Váhom-Dlhá. The study focuses on the relation between the morphology, raw material use, size of the points and the character of macroscopic and microscopic traces associated with their use and hafting, as well as the localization on the points. However, from the aspect of use-wear analysis, the collection is a bit problematic. It has been obtained a long time ago, mostly in 1943 and 1963. Instead of being packed separately, numerous leaf points were stored together only in few boxes. Many of them are damaged either by production, or as a result of post depositional processes, lowering the visibility of the original use-wear traces. First microscopic analysis indicates that these types of tools were probably used as hunting equipment.

Keywords

EN

UPPER PALAEOLITHIC; SZELETIAN; WESTERN SLOVAKIA; LEAF POINT; USE-WEAR ANALYSIS

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Študijné zvesti
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 68
• Issue: suppl. 2
• Pages: 63 - 82

Contributors

author

Pyżewicz Katarzyna

• Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, PL – 00-927 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9228-9347

author

Nemergut Adrián

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4176-1733

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/szausav.2021.suppl.2.5