bronze age: tools
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Late bronze age stone tools
Lithics analysis detected traces of use on several chipped stone tools found in LBA layers. Some of them seem to have been used to cut non-woody plants. Of special interest are two blades used for processing grain: the traces observed on them are similar to those observed on blades from “tribula” (= threshing sledges), known both from archaeological (e.g., in the Middle East) and ethnographic examples. Threshing sledges are wooden devices with stone blades inserted underneath, which are used after the harvest for the threshing of grains and the cutting of straw. The two blades from Dikili Tash were obviously fixed obliquely and had received secondary treatment (“retouche”), presumably to renew their edge. This is the first evidence of the use of “tribula” during the Bronze Age in the Aegean.
Last Update : 31/01/12 |
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