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Lithic technology from the chalcolithic layers of Getahovit 2

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The cave of Getahovit 2, discovered in 2010, is situated in the valley of the Khachakhpyur river, in the Tavush region of northeastern Armenia. The excavation of the cave over a period of 7 years revealed human occupations ranging from the Late Palaeolithic periods up to the medieval period. This paper only focuses on the procurement strategies for and the technologies of lithic artefacts recovered from the Chalcolithic layers, of a period when the cave was mostly used as a sheepfold for transhumant shepherds. The lithic assemblage from these Chalcolithic layers is predominantly obsidian that originates from 3 obsidian sources in Armenia; a difference in the technologies used is observed: The majority of the lithic industry consists of small flakes, cores and chips deriving from simple production techniques such as hard-hammer direct percussion and anvil technique on small nodules with cortical residues. The lithic analysis suggests a direct procurement strategy from the obsidian sources in the form of small nodules knapped in the cave itself (opportunistic model). On the other hand, the presence of a few very regular blades produced using pressure techniques, which appear to have been imported to the site as finished products, raises the question of a totally different procurement strategy, probably through exchanges with neighboring villages located closer to the source (down-the-line exchange).
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hal-01961850 , version 1 (20-12-2018)

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Nicolas Tardy, Bernard Gratuze, Irena Kalantaryan, Bérengère Perello. Lithic technology from the chalcolithic layers of Getahovit 2.  Ancient Armenia at the crossroads, B. PERELLO; R. BADALYAN; K. MELIKSETIAN, Nov 2018, Lyon, France. ⟨hal-01961850⟩
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