A system for the hierarchical Classification of Lithic Artefacts
from the British Late Glacial and Holocene Periods is offered in
this book. It is hoped that it may find use as a guide book for
archaeology students, museum staff, non-specialist archaeologists,
local archaeology groups and lay enthusiasts. To allow the
individual categories of lithic objects to be classified and
characterised in detail, it was necessary to first define a number
of descriptive terms, which forms the first part of this guide. The
main part of the book is the lithic classification section, which
offers definitions of the individual formal debitage, core and tool
types. The basic questions asked are: what defines Object X as a
tool and not a piece of debitage or a core; what defines a
microlith as a microlith and not a knife or a piercer; and what
defines a specific implement as a scalene triangle and not an
isosceles one? As shown in the book, there are disagreements within
the lithics community as to the specific definition of some types,
demonstrating the need for all lithics reports to define which
typological framework they are based on. The eBook edition of this
publication is available in Open Access, supported by Historic
Environment Scotland.
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