Abstract

A closer look at an eroded dune landscape: first functional insights into the Federmessergruppen site of Lommel-Maatheide

Highlights

  • Functional analysis is known to contribute important insights in tool use and site function (e.g. Beugnier and Crombé 2005; De Bie and Caspar 2000; Guéret et al 2014) and most functional studies performed up to now have focused on rather well-preserved site contexts within restricted areas (e.g. Guéret 2017; Van Noten 1978), in particular when the Final Palaeolithic period is concerned. If such studies are coupled with refitting studies and spatial analysis, they provide unique and highly detailed glimpses into site dynamics, as abundantly illustrated for Federmessergruppen assemblages (Cahen et al 1979; De Bie and Caspar 2000; Van Noten 1978)

  • The first study that integrated use-wear, refitting and spatial analysis was performed at the Federmessersite of Meer (Belgium), a site of 0,04 ha (Cahen et al 1979; Van Noten 1978)

  • Functional analysis has made a significant contribution to the understanding of Late Glacial settlement dynamics thanks to applications on meticulously excavated, well-preserved and homogenous lithic assemblages from Federmessergruppen sites such as Rekem and Meer (De Bie and Caspar 2000; Van Noten 1978)

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Introduction

Functional analysis is known to contribute important insights in tool use and site function (e.g. Beugnier and Crombé 2005; De Bie and Caspar 2000; Guéret et al 2014) and most functional studies performed up to now have focused on rather well-preserved site contexts within restricted areas (e.g. Guéret 2017; Van Noten 1978), in particular when the Final Palaeolithic period is concerned. Beugnier and Crombé 2005; De Bie and Caspar 2000; Guéret et al 2014) and most functional studies performed up to now have focused on rather well-preserved site contexts within restricted areas (e.g. Guéret 2017; Van Noten 1978), in particular when the Final Palaeolithic period is concerned. Made possible by the careful excavation and individual mapping of these artefacts, led to the reconstruction of the chain of activities that took place and enabled the identification of different working areas within this Late Glacial settlement. These studies have proven the potential of functional analysis for reconstructing settlement patterns in the case of relatively restricted surface areas and the availability of fine-grained spatial data

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