Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series (VIRTUAL)
"Bronze Age Agricultural Intensification and Lithic Craft Specialization in the Levant: Analysis of “Canaanean Blades” from the Ein Zippori site, Israel" by Dr. Richard W. Yerkes, Ohio State University
Event Details
Date
Friday, November 19, 2021
Time
12-1 p.m.
Location
Description
A microwear analysis of a sample of 206 long thin blades and blade segments from Early Bronze Age (EBA Ib) contexts at the Ein Zippori site, Lower Galilee, Israel was conducted to determine (1) if true “Canaanean Blades” produced by specialists using a lever, and narrower long thin blades manufactured by indirect percussion or by pressure with a crutch, were designed to be inserted in sickles and used for harvesting cereals, and (2) if some sickle inserts were recycled and used in threshing sled
Cost
Free
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