Microdrill use at Khiamian sites in central and northern Levant (Syria and Lebanon). González Urquijo, J. E., Abbès, F., Alarashi, H., Ibáñez-Estévez, J. J., & Lazuén, T. In Borell, F., Ibáñez, J. J., & Molist, M., editors, Stone Tools in Transition: From Hunter-Gatherers to Farming Societies in the Near East. Papers presented to the 7th Conference on PPN Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Fertile Crescent,, pages 177–191. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelone, Espagne, 2013.
Microdrill use at Khiamian sites in central and northern Levant (Syria and Lebanon) [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
Drills are a particularly common tool type in the Khiamian, a period of rapid historical change in the Near East. In the Khiamian levels at Tell Mureybet, Wadi Tumbaq 1 and Nachcharini, they were used mainly to perforate stone beads. This can be appreciated from the use-wear marks on the active areas and the residue conserved on them. All the evidence points to at least some of them being hafted, and they may have formed part of a mechanical rotation system that facilitated the drilling process. The working context indicates an increasing degree of standardisation from the Natufian onwards, as seen both in the preparation of the tools and in the final products. The work also became more organised spatially. As the products were objects of personal adornment, it may be imagined that this shift reflected the new role of personal and social identities in this period of great change and innovation in the beginnings of the Neolithic.
@incollection{gonzalez_urquijo_microdrill_2013,
	address = {Barcelone, Espagne},
	title = {Microdrill use at {Khiamian} sites in central and northern {Levant} ({Syria} and {Lebanon})},
	isbn = {978-84-490-3818-1},
	url = {https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/101077},
	abstract = {Drills are a particularly common tool type in the Khiamian, a period of rapid historical change in the 
Near East. In the Khiamian levels at Tell Mureybet, Wadi Tumbaq 1 and Nachcharini, they were used 
mainly to perforate stone beads. This can be appreciated from the use-wear marks on the active areas and 
the residue conserved on them. All the evidence points to at least some of them being hafted, and they may 
have formed part of a mechanical rotation system that facilitated the drilling process. The working context 
indicates an increasing degree of standardisation from the Natufian onwards, as seen both in the preparation 
of the tools and in the final products. The work also became more organised spatially. As the products 
were objects of personal adornment, it may be imagined that this shift reflected the new role of personal 
and social identities in this period of great change and innovation in the beginnings of the Neolithic.},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2018-08-29},
	booktitle = {Stone {Tools} in {Transition}: {From} {Hunter}-{Gatherers} to {Farming} {Societies} in the {Near} {East}. {Papers} presented to the 7th {Conference} on {PPN} {Chipped} and {Ground} {Stone} {Industries} of the {Fertile} {Crescent},},
	publisher = {Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona},
	author = {González Urquijo, Jesús E. and Abbès, Frederic and Alarashi, Hala and Ibáñez-Estévez, Juan José and Lazuén, Talía},
	editor = {Borell, Ferran and Ibáñez, Juan José and Molist, Miquel},
	year = {2013},
	keywords = {ACT\_COLL},
	pages = {177--191},
}

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