essay
Functional analysis
Late Paleolithic kill-butchery-camp in Upper Egypt, by Fred Wendorf ...[et al • Dallas, Texas • Published In 1997 • Pages: 33-41
By: Longo, Laura.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This chapter analyses the lithic artifacts to discerne how they were used and on what material. Seventy artifacts were examined. Longo used low power, high power, and SEM observation of resin moulds to look for use wear traces. The lab procedures are described along with the wear traces found on each tool examined. The tools 'indicate that there is often no correlation between typology, utilization and site function.' (page 41). She also found a high percentage of projectile points in the analyzed collection.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Work in skins
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- General tools
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Paleolithic Egypt
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1967, 1990, 1994, 1995
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 19,100 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Site E71K12; near Esna, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Laura Longo
- For bibliographical references see document 11: Wendorf ... [et al.]
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleolithic period--Egypt/Egypt--Antiquities