Étude fonctionnelle de l’industrie lithique taillée

A pioneering functional analysis of lithic tools from Choirokoitia, Cyprus, reveals diverse subsistence and craft activities during the late 10th to early 9th millennium BCE. The study confirms that pedunculated points and lustrous flakes served as projectile armatures and sickle elements, respectively, while also identifying tools for processing animal hides, bones, shells, and plant materials like reeds. Low tool-wear rates suggest a mixed-use context, blending on-site knapping with subsistence tasks (hunting, harvesting) and small-scale artisan work. Findings contextualize Cypro-PPNA industries within broader Neolithic trajectories in Cyprus, drawing parallels to Shillourokambos and Khirokitia, while also comparing them to contemporary Mureybet III sites in the Euphrates valley.

Astruc, L., Gassin, B., & Mazzucco, N. (2024). Étude fonctionnelle de l’industrie lithique taillée. Klimonas, 269–284. https://doi.org/10.4000/129jz