An attempt at interpreting untypical modifications of flint arrowheads: an experimental and use-wear perspective

• Authors: Damian Wolski , Mateusz Kalita
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper summarizes the findings from the research into modifications formed as a result of storing and transporting flint copies of arrowheads inside a leather quiver. The study was inspired by the fact that Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age projectile points bear untypical microwear traces interpreted in many different ways in the literature on the subject. The aforementioned features (detected primarily in the uppermost parts of the artefacts) include: hide working polish as well as co-existing rounding and smoothing of the surface. With the aim of gaining a deeper insight into the subject, the authors conducted an experiment and performed a traceological analysis of arrowheads replicas. During the experimental phase, the microwear formation process was monitored using the microscopic equipment. As a result, distinctive traces on the tools were identified. This fact supported the hypothesis that leather quiver exerts its impact on the arrow points stored inside

Keywords

EN

projectile points; leather quiver; use-wear analysis; microwear traces; experiment

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 67
• Pages: 301-314

Contributors

author

Damian Wolski

• Institute of Archaeology, Rzeszów University, Moniuszki St. 10, 35-015 Rzeszów, Poland

author

Mateusz Kalita

• Institute of Archaeology, Rzeszów University, Moniuszki St. 10, 35-015 Rzeszów, Poland