Not formal but functional: Traceology and the Lithic Record in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Fuentes, Riczar, Pawlik, Alfred
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: Archaeology; Traceology; Prehistoric Technology; Stone Tools; Philippines; Anthropology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/17; https://books.google.com.ph/books?hl=en&lr=&id=AvjIDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA290&dq="Not+formal+but+functional:+Traceology+and+the+Lithic+Record+in+the+Philippines"&ots=-PSx_UMA0N&sig=CjczUAKlUnjXNIiJWwcO5xDhRUU&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q="Not%20formal%20but%20functional%3A%20Traceology%20and%20the%20Lithic%20Record%20in%20the%20Philippines"&f=false
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

While the lithic technology and production of stone tools in the Philippines remained remarkably simple until the Late Holocene; the few use-wear and residue studies undertaken so far on Philippine lithic materials have illustrated some interesting technological features that suggest that complex us...