In archeology, lithic technology refers to a broad array of techniques and styles to produce usable tools from various types of stone. The earliest stone tools were recovered from modern Ethiopia and were dated to between two-million and three-million years old. The archaeological record of lithic technology is divided into three major time periods: the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age), and Neolithic (New Stone Age). Not all cultures in all parts of the world exhibit the same pattern of lithic technological development, and stone tool technology continues to be used to this day, but these three time periods represent the span of the archaeological record when lithic technology was paramount. By analysing modern stone tool usage within an ethnoarchaeological context insight into the breadth of factors influencing lithic technologies in general may be studied. See: Stone tool. For example, for the Gamo of Southern Ethiopia, political, environmental, and social factors influence the patterns of technology variation in different subgroups of the Gamo culture; through understanding the relationship between these different factors in a modern context, archaeologists can better understand the ways that these factors could have shaped the technological variation that is present in the archaeological record.
The site is characterised by knapped-stone technology. Knapping is the shaping of flint, chert, obsidian, or other conchoidal fracturing stone through the process of lithic reduction to manufacture stone tools ...Image. Section. Local Journalists ... Right .
Through detailed lithic technology analysis, the authors confirmed the use of typical wedge-shaped core and semi-conical core technologies for microblade production at the site, reconstructing the knapping sequences of these technologies.
Combining these spatial analyses with studies of lithic technology, faunal remains and marine shells, the researchers were able to paint a comprehensive picture of the behavioral similarities and differences between these ancient populations ...DOI ... ....
However, abundant lithic industries were found, ... “Chronologically, and technologically speaking, Ghassanian lithic industries are part of a transitional context between the Late and FinalPPNB.
Researchers from the University of Exeter have conducted a study of the shallow cave homes in the Amazon Basin... 13,000-years-ago ... “And it points to the existence of a broad-spectrum economy, with unifacial lithic tool technology ... HeaderImageCredit .
“The discovery of this network of Inca roads and the quarries offer valuable research opportunities, revealing new insights into the technology of the Inca master stonemasons, in addition to the ...
... insights into the technology of the Inca master stonemasons, in addition to the extraction, carving and polishing of lithic blocks that were used in various imperial works,” said the press release.
In terms of the lithic technology, the lower cultural layer featured a direct hard-hammer percussion technique without evidence of pre-formed lithic cores, resulting in diverse and less standardized tool shapes.
And this may explain why the Hoabinhian lithic system is so diverse and varied on different technological levels ... So, from a perspective based on the logic of technology evolution, the Hoabinhian ...
"We also came across a conical lithic core and there was little doubt that we had discovered a different type of stone technology than we associate with pioneer culture," she said ... Provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
... to the PreceramicPeriod, around 9000 BC, and evidence suggests small groups of nomads moved from place to place hunting and foraging for food and resources using two types of lithic technologies.
Neanderthal stone tools typically fall into two distinct technological cultures, known as the Mousterian and Micoquian. The geographical separation between these lithic traditions suggests that ...
Because of the very small sizes of the Salawusu artifacts, traditionally considered too small to study, little was known about the lithic technology and tool making skills of these hominins ... lithics.
Because of the very small sizes of the Salawusu artifacts, traditionally considered too small to study, little was known about the lithic technology and tool making skills of these hominins ... lithics.
... a cultural and technological shift occurred in tool production 40,000-years-ago ... Lithic Technology and the El‑WadPoints of Al‑Ansab 1” has been published in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology.
