Transport wear and its role in understanding prehistoric lithic raw materials management strategies

Mobility is a crucial feature of the territorial exploitation strategies of hunter-gatherer groups. Generally, in archaeological studies, the reconstruction of the displacements of humans carrying lithic artefacts and materials relies on identifying raw material outcrops or indirect evidence of tran...

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Autores: Visentin, Davide, Cecchetti, Marzio, Fontana, Federica, Clemente Conte, Ignacio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Traceology, Transportation wear, Lithic technology, Alpine area, Experimental archaeology
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spelling Transport wear and its role in understanding prehistoric lithic raw materials management strategiesVisentin, DavideCecchetti, MarzioFontana, FedericaClemente Conte, IgnacioTraceology, Transportation wear, Lithic technology, Alpine area, Experimental archaeologyMobility is a crucial feature of the territorial exploitation strategies of hunter-gatherer groups. Generally, in archaeological studies, the reconstruction of the displacements of humans carrying lithic artefacts and materials relies on identifying raw material outcrops or indirect evidence of transportation, i.e. inferences based on the absence of expected technological categories. On the other hand, some specific wear patterns can hint at the processes that artefacts underwent and stand for potential direct evidence of transport. In this paper, we combine the traceological evidence with lithic technology and refittings to present solid proof of the use of a specific bulk transportation mode in two Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic sites of the southeastern Alps (Italy). We also present a detailed description of macro- and microscopic wear features that allow for the identification of this type of transport within a lithic assemblage and a comparison with the results of some experimental tests. By identifying which artefacts were transported and in which mode (e.g. as flaked blanks, as cores, etc.), it was possible to get a much deeper understanding of how the last Alpine hunter-gatherer groups managed the lithic resources and how they moved them within the landscape during their displacements. The use of this transportation mode seems consistent throughout time and widespread, at least in the Alpine area.European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement number: 886476 – LiMPH – H2020-MSCA-IF-2019). NextGenerationEU programme (CUP: F78H22000780006 – EXSALP).Peer reviewedEuropean CommissionConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2026202620252026info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://hdl.handle.net/10261/414873reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/886476http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104953Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/4148732026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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title Transport wear and its role in understanding prehistoric lithic raw materials management strategies
spellingShingle Transport wear and its role in understanding prehistoric lithic raw materials management strategies
Visentin, Davide
Traceology, Transportation wear, Lithic technology, Alpine area, Experimental archaeology
title_short Transport wear and its role in understanding prehistoric lithic raw materials management strategies
title_full Transport wear and its role in understanding prehistoric lithic raw materials management strategies
title_fullStr Transport wear and its role in understanding prehistoric lithic raw materials management strategies
title_full_unstemmed Transport wear and its role in understanding prehistoric lithic raw materials management strategies
title_sort Transport wear and its role in understanding prehistoric lithic raw materials management strategies
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Visentin, Davide
Cecchetti, Marzio
Fontana, Federica
Clemente Conte, Ignacio
author Visentin, Davide
author_facet Visentin, Davide
Cecchetti, Marzio
Fontana, Federica
Clemente Conte, Ignacio
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author2 Cecchetti, Marzio
Fontana, Federica
Clemente Conte, Ignacio
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv European Commission
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Traceology, Transportation wear, Lithic technology, Alpine area, Experimental archaeology
topic Traceology, Transportation wear, Lithic technology, Alpine area, Experimental archaeology
description Mobility is a crucial feature of the territorial exploitation strategies of hunter-gatherer groups. Generally, in archaeological studies, the reconstruction of the displacements of humans carrying lithic artefacts and materials relies on identifying raw material outcrops or indirect evidence of transportation, i.e. inferences based on the absence of expected technological categories. On the other hand, some specific wear patterns can hint at the processes that artefacts underwent and stand for potential direct evidence of transport. In this paper, we combine the traceological evidence with lithic technology and refittings to present solid proof of the use of a specific bulk transportation mode in two Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic sites of the southeastern Alps (Italy). We also present a detailed description of macro- and microscopic wear features that allow for the identification of this type of transport within a lithic assemblage and a comparison with the results of some experimental tests. By identifying which artefacts were transported and in which mode (e.g. as flaked blanks, as cores, etc.), it was possible to get a much deeper understanding of how the last Alpine hunter-gatherer groups managed the lithic resources and how they moved them within the landscape during their displacements. The use of this transportation mode seems consistent throughout time and widespread, at least in the Alpine area.
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