Corner-Thinned Blades: A New Obsidian Tool Type from a Pottery Neolithic Mound in the Khabur Basin, Syria
Tell Kashkashok II is a small Pottery-Neolithic mound in the Khabur basin, Syria. Excavations there in 1987 and 1988 yielded stratified archaeological materials dated to the early half of the sixth millennium B. C. among which a series of hitherto unknown obsidian blade tools was found. Those tools...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1990
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1990, Volume: 280, Pages: 5-14 |
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| Summary: | Tell Kashkashok II is a small Pottery-Neolithic mound in the Khabur basin, Syria. Excavations there in 1987 and 1988 yielded stratified archaeological materials dated to the early half of the sixth millennium B. C. among which a series of hitherto unknown obsidian blade tools was found. Those tools are defined as blades and bladelets with deliberately thinned corners. They were made using a very consistent technique, which suggests that they were used in a limited time and area. Their possible function as a hafted cutting tool is also suggested. The author proposes to refer to them as "corner-thinned blades," a new tool type. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1357307 |
