BRONZE AGE LITHIC PRODUCTION: TECHNOLOGICAL AND TYPOLOGICAL ASPECTS ARISING FROM THE ANALYSIS OF MOTILLA DEL AZUER (DAIMIEL, CIUDAD REAL) KNAPPED ASSEMBLAGE

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Published: Sep 26, 2012

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  • Gabriel Martínez Fernández Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología. Universidad de Granada
  • José Andrés Afonso Marrero Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología. Universidad de Granada
Vol. 22 (2012), Archeological data, pages 255-286
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30827/cpag.v22i0.2426
Submitted: Sep 26, 2014 Published: Sep 26, 2012
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This  paper  presents  a  preliminary  aftermath  of  the  systematic  research  of  the  flaked  lithic production that was practiced during the Bronze Age of La Mancha in the archaeological manifestation known as “Cultura de las Motillas”. Besides this, it try to explore the functional and economic significance of the denticulated elements, also called sickle pieces in the specialized literature in this field of study, from its  formal analysis and comparison with similar artifacts find in the Copper and Bronze Age deposits from the High Andalusia and the Iberian southeast.

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Knapped lithic production, Raw material, Technology, Typology, Denticulated elements, Prehistoric sickles, Bronze Age, Mancha Occidental

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Martínez Fernández, G., & Afonso Marrero, J. A. (2012). BRONZE AGE LITHIC PRODUCTION: TECHNOLOGICAL AND TYPOLOGICAL ASPECTS ARISING FROM THE ANALYSIS OF MOTILLA DEL AZUER (DAIMIEL, CIUDAD REAL) KNAPPED ASSEMBLAGE. Cuadernos De Prehistoria Y Arqueología De La Universidad De Granada, 22, 255–286. https://doi.org/10.30827/cpag.v22i0.2426