Photogrammetrical assessment of procedural patterns and sequential structure in "handaxe" manufacture: A case study along the Doring River of South Africa

Authors

Peter Bleed, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Matthew J. Douglass, University of Auckland, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Alex Sumner, DePaul University, University of Cape Town
Maia Behrendt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Alex Mackay, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

112055

Publication Details

Bleed, P., Douglass, M., Sumner, A., Behrendt, M. & Mackay, A. (2017). Photogrammetrical assessment of procedural patterns and sequential structure in "handaxe" manufacture: A case study along the Doring River of South Africa. Lithic Technology, 42 (1), 3-12.

Abstract

When initially discovered in 2014, 21 Early Stone Age (ESA) pointed stone bifaces from the Uitspankraal 1 (UPK1) in western South Africa were left in the field but recorded for photogrammetry analysis. Digital models developed with these data made it possible to recognize that UPK1 handaxes were routinely produced with a process that emphasized outline rather than volumetric adjustment and usually involved only a single flip. The procedural uniformity of the assemblage is clear and rather easily accessible with the field-based photogrammetic technique.

Grant Number

ARC/DE130100068