Comparing central western Europe Mesolithic and Neolithic plant processing microwear on flint tool (original) (raw)

Abstract

The Holocene’s global warming led to a fundamental change of the ecosystems exploited by man in Europe. Among this changes, there is an important increase in the vegetation cover, at the beginning of Mesolithic, during the Preboreal. Neolithic flint tool microwear analyses have shown that a significant share of the tool kit was used for plant processing. Recent functional researches on Mesolithic flint tool show similar results. We will compare plant-processing wear-traces from these two main chrono-cultural stages of the Holocene. Along with the archaeobotanical studies, our paper presents some new approaches to the discussion about long-term evolution of the plant processing technical system during the Holocene. We will also discuss the scale of the technical changes that occurred during Neolithic transition.

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