Quantifying how much raw material is needed: A case study based on the weight of the lithic artefacts from the Brno-Styrice III Epigravettian site (Moravia, Czech Republic)

摘要

This paper compares the quantification of different raw materials in a chipped stone assemblage by weight and by number at the site of Brno-Styrice III in Moravia, Czech Republic. The use of the same reduction technology for all raw materials means that the Brno-Styrice III assemblage is a good case study. The result demonstrates that semi-local raw material tends to dominate numerically, but in terms of weight, there is a significant change in the predominant raw material. The paper contextualizes the results in relation to other assemblages and discusses the possible reasons for this phenomenon.