Functional Studies of Prehistoric Artefacts and their Socio-economic Meaning

• Main Authors: Pawlik, Alfred, Ollé, Andreu, Márquez, Belén, Longo, Laura, Skakun, Natalia
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: Traceology; Prehistoric Technology; behavioural complexity; adaptation; Anthropology; Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/84; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X20302583
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Traceology continues to be the major method for the identification of prehistoric activities using tools made of lithic and organic materials since Sergei A. Semenov's fundamental work 'Prehistoric Technology' introduced this method to prehistorians worldwide over half a century ago (...