Finds 1692
Main Information
Finds ID | 1692 |
Site |
Mersin-Yumuktepe |
Area |
ID 679 settlement |
Research event | |
Finds type | lithics |
Small finds category | None |
Small finds type | |
Botany species | |
Animal remains species | |
Animal remains completeness | None |
Animal remains part | |
Lithics technology | |
Lithics industry |
Blade industry Flake industry |
Lithics cores and preparation |
Core fragment |
Lithics retouched tools |
Circular scraper Projectile point |
Lithics unretouched tools |
Bladelet |
Lithics raw material |
Flint Obsidian |
Obsidian | Yes |
Obsidian amount | None |
Pottery form | |
Pottery detail | |
Pottery decoration | |
Pottery type | None |
Amount | |
Material |
flint obsidian |
Confidence | None |
Comment | increase of knapped flint, decrease of obsidian (maybe due to reduction of obsidian distribution network) obsidian: sporadically used for specialized artifacts (bladelets, flakes, waste; end scraper with regular, rounded front edge, almost no pointed bladelets); flint: mostly local coarse-grained flint for cores and thick flakes used for on-site débitage production, blade fragments of beige flint (not local) found, most had glossed edges; reduction strategy designed for production of expedient tools; |
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