Borgia V., Ranaldo F., 2009 – Functional analysis of the aurignacian backed bladelets from Grotta Paglicci, Atti International Congress “ Integrated Methodological Approaches to the Study of Lithic Technology, Firenze 13-15 dicembre 2007, Human Evolution, 24(2), 121-130.
Abstract
In this paper we expose the results of the analysis of the backed blades coming from layer 24, situated at the base of the paleolithic sequence of Paglicci cave. The study has been based on a twofold approach: on the one hand the analysis of the technological aspects at the base of the constructive conception of the blanks, in order to contextualize the blades in their productive system; on the other hand the low and high power microscope use-wear analysis, with the aim to characterize the existing relations between the procedures oriented to obtain specific lithic morphologies and their real use.
