Optional and inconvenient additions: rounded retouched tools from the Micoquian site of Pietraszyn 49a, Poland

Wiśniewski, Andrzej; Kobyłka, Adam; Tokarz, Dominika; Zarzecka-Szubińska, Katarzyna; Pyżewicz, Katarzyna; Stefański, Damian; Weiß, Marcel

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Optional and inconvenient additions: rounded retouched tools from the Micoquian site of Pietraszyn 49a, Poland Wiśniewski, AndrzejKobyłka, AdamTokarz, DominikaZarzecka-Szubińska, KatarzynaPyżewicz, KatarzynaStefański, DamianWeiß, Marcel

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Optional and inconvenient additions: rounded retouched tools from the Micoquian site of Pietraszyn 49a, Poland

Archaeological Reports ; Archäologische Berichte

Wiśniewski, Andrzej ; Kobyłka, Adam ; Tokarz, Dominika ; Zarzecka-Szubińska, Katarzyna ; Pyżewicz, Katarzyna ; Stefański, Damian ; Weiß, Marcel

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

archaeology ; Groszaki ; Micoquian ; technology ; geometric-morphometric ; Function ; cultural information

The rounded retouched tools that have been singled out in the Micoquian assemblages (‘Keilmessergruppe’) have long been an enigma. Even though their presence was recognised as early as the early 20th century, they received their formal name, the so-called ‘groszaki’, much later. More recently, similar tools have been recorded at the open-air site Pietraszyn 49a, SW Poland. These examples are slightly larger than average. They were made from flakes and a chunk. During production, marginal and invasive retouch and thinning were used. The same technical means were used to produce bifacial tools. These specimens were compared with other tools of this type in Poland, both in metric and morphological terms. On this basis, the tools differed in this respect within and between assemblages. Nevertheless, the repetition of the oval forms suggests that they may be the result of the transmission of cultural information.

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