Flint manufacturing of the Globular Amphorae culture at the site Wilczyce 10 (Lesser Poland) in the context of inventories from the neighbouring areas

Tomasz Boroń,Małgorzata Winiarska-Kabacińska

doi:10.35686/ar.2021.6

Abstract

The paper discusses three flint inventories of the Globular Amphorae culture from the site in Wilczyce located on the Sandomierz Upland (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Lesser Poland). The said inventories were collected during the exploration of settlement-type pits. The paper also includes a functional analysis of all tools and blades and the collection of selected flakes. The raw material structure of the discussed inventories shows that the Late Neolithic communities from Wilczyce primarily used Świeciechów flint, while based on the analyses of microdamage it was established that the dominating activity was treating and processing plants, whereas other organic materials such as hides, wood, and bone and antler were less often treated at that site. According to 14C dates, communities of the Globular Amphorae culture settled in the Wilczyce microregion in the earliest phase of that culture’s expansion on the Sandomierz Upland area.

Highlights

The site in Wilczyce, located on the Sandomierz Upland (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Lesser Poland; fig. 1a) was discovered in 1994 during a systematic field survey carried out as a part of the Polish Archaeological Record project (Kowalewska-Marszałek – Włodar czak 2002, 21)
In the case of the two analysed truncated blades, only one specimen had use-wear traces on both lateral edges, which were caused by using the tool to work in bone or antler
The massive scraper was very intensively used for scraping hide and on lower parts of its lateral edges, there are visible traces which may be associated with a potential haft

Summary

Introduction

The site in Wilczyce, located on the Sandomierz Upland (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Lesser Poland; fig. 1a) was discovered in 1994 during a systematic field survey carried out as a part of the Polish Archaeological Record project (Kowalewska-Marszałek – Włodar czak 2002, 21). Boroń – Winiarska-K abacińska: Flint manufacturing of the Globular. During the subsequent archaeological excavations, researchers discovered numerous features from the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age, some associated with the occupation of the site and economic activities and some of a funerary nature Based on 14C dates and the analysis of pottery material, it was possible to identify several phases of the prehistoric settlement associated with the Late Neolithic The excavated features included settlement-type pits, production features (slag-pits, combustion features and probably pits for firing pottery), functional (hearths), and burial pits. The latter contained human and animal burials. Fea tures associated with the settlement were characterised by rich assemblages of archaeo logical sources, their variety, and good state of preservation

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