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<blockquote>"Science of classifying stone tools by form, techniques and technological traits. Must include duplication of the technique by first observing the intentional form, then reconstructing or replicating the tool in the exact order of the aboriginal workman. Shows elements of culture. Typology cannot be based on function." (Crabtree 1982.57) </blockquote>
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<blockquote>"Science of classifying stone tools by form, techniques and technological traits. Must include duplication of the technique by first observing the intentional form, then reconstructing or replicating the tool in the exact order of the aboriginal workman. Shows elements of culture. Typology cannot be based on function." (Crabtree 1982:57<ref name="Crabtree 1982">Crabtree, Don E. 1982 An Introduction to Flintworking. Occasional Papers of the Idaho Museum of Natural History 28.</ref>) </blockquote>
 
Common typological categories include:  
 
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*Net sinkers  
 
*Net sinkers  
 
*Amber artefacts
 
*Amber artefacts
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Revision as of 09:52, 3 March 2010

"Science of classifying stone tools by form, techniques and technological traits. Must include duplication of the technique by first observing the intentional form, then reconstructing or replicating the tool in the exact order of the aboriginal workman. Shows elements of culture. Typology cannot be based on function." (Crabtree 1982:57[1])

Common typological categories include:


  • Axes
  • Burins
  • Cores
  • Daggers
  • Handaxes
  • Micro-burins
  • Microliths
  • Piercers/Borers
  • Projectile points
  • Scrapers
  • Sickles

Other:

  • Knapping tools
  • Net sinkers
  • Amber artefacts


References

  1. Crabtree, Don E. 1982 An Introduction to Flintworking. Occasional Papers of the Idaho Museum of Natural History 28.