Stone Tool Forms and Functions: A Morphometric Analysis of Modern Humans' Stone Tools From Song Terus Cave (Java,Indonesia) |
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| Authors: | A Borel R Cornette M Baylac |
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| Institution: | 1. Histoire Naturelle de l'Homme Préhistorique (HNHP, UMR 7194), Sorbonne Universités, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Université Perpignan Via Dominica, Paris, France;2. Département Systématique et Evolution, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, UMR7205 and UMS2700 MNHN‐CNRS, Paris, France |
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| Abstract: | Stone industries from the beginning of the Holocene of South‐East Asia are difficult to characterize typo‐technologically. We apply modern morphometrics to informal pieces to complement usewear analysis and gain a better understanding of the relation between forms and functions. Both the log shape ratio (LSR) based on linear measurements and elliptical Fourier analysis (EFA) based on 2D outlines are used to analyse a sample of 2372 stone artefacts from Song Terus cave (Java, Indonesia). The results show that no specific form corresponds to a specific function or vice versa. Nevertheless, among used artefacts, EFA highlighted several shape tendencies. |
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| Keywords: | Stone tools Form Function Log Shape Ratio (LSR) Elliptical Fourier Analysis (EFA) Early Holocene Song Terus Indonesia |
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