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Polished flint ‘scrapers’ from Nida neolithic settlement - were they tools? Clues from experimental studies and a use-wear analysis
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Volume 42, Issue 1 (2016): Lietuvos archeologija, pp. 127–149
Grzegorz Osipowicz   Justyna Kuriga   Gytis Piličiauskas  

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Received
30 October 2015
Accepted
7 April 2016
Pub. online
18 February 2025
Pub. print
21 November 2016

Abstract

The Nida site is an extensively investigated Neolithic settlement with extraordinary rich, Rzucewo culturematerial (3200–2400 cal BC). A special type of fint tool with polished edges is well known there and is characteristic to exclusively the Rzucewo culture. It has been called a polished ‘scraper’ by previous researchers with a strong affliation for utilitarian functions. However, no arguments for their use as a hide
or other scraper have yet been presented. The goal of this paper is to present the results of the first attempt to understand the function of these polished ‘scrapers’ through the combination of a use-wear analysis and an experimental study. Although the interpretation of the initial results was greatly hindered by postdepositional alterations during aeolian processes, the present authors assert that these polished ‘scrapers’ were probably not used for household activities in the traditional sense. This is supported by their low effectiveness in such activities, which was observed through the use of experimental tools and the results of a use-wear analysis of the experimental and prehistoric implements.

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Rzucewo culture polished &int ‘scrapers’ function use-wear experiments

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