Abstract

FERNANDES, Henry Luydy Abraham. Synthesis of technological and macrotraceological studies on flaked axe blades of a horticultural ceramist group in Brazil. Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2020, vol.13, n.1, pp.121-134. ISSN 1852-060X.  http://dx.doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31048/1852.4826.v13.n1.23820.

Abstract The object of this article is the flaked axe blades of archeological sites of the Aratu Tradition of the state of Bahia, Brazil. We address the cultural affiliation context of the pieces, their geographic distribution and some chronological data. With regard to their production, a sample of 271 instruments is described and analyzed by the lithic technology approach. Through it, the techniques (direct hard percussion and pecking) and method (bifacial centripetal flaking) of the production, the technical states and also the transformations in other types of instruments are detailed. About the use are studied from the perspective of the traceology. In this case, we concentrated the observations on three stigmas visible to the naked eye: rounding, brightness and striations. In order to understand and compare the formation of the stigmas of use, we performed several controlled experiments with replicas digging the ground and cutting trees. Through this study we seek to show the constancy of the technomorphological mental design of the artifact, as well as its maintenance, versatility of use and reconfigurations in other objects.

Keywords : Archaeological experiments; Traceology macroscopic; Lithic technology; Management of flaked instruments; Prehistory of Bahia; Brazil.

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