№4-2019-07
Eskova D. K., Lev S. Yu.
FROM NOVICE TO EXPERT: METHODS OF FLINTKNAPPING SKILL-LEVEL EVALUATION
The paper considers capacities and limitations of currently used approaches to identification of the archaeological evidences of different flintknapping skill-level: experimental archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, refitting and spacial analysis, method of deviations. Their advantages and disadvantages are being discussed. Previously determined creteria of flint-knapping skill-level evaluation are summarized. The degree of validity in low-skill-leveled production attribution to children is discussed.
Keywords: Stone Age, lithic technology, skill-level, Archaeology of Childhood, experimental archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, refitting, special analysis, method of deviations
Institute of archaeology RAS (Russia)
