Grinding stones, mortars and polishing stone tools represent a fundamental equipment of the daily life at Fewet in Garamantian times. Eighty-three stone tools were collected from three different areas: the Fewet compound, the Fewet sounding S1 and the Site 11 at Tan Ataram. Their typology, function and distribution are here studied, together with an analysis of wear traces for tools used as polishers.

Macro-lithic tools from Fewet / Mori, Lucia; Lemorini, Cristina. - STAMPA. - 6(2013), pp. 93-108.

Macro-lithic tools from Fewet

MORI, Lucia;LEMORINI, Cristina
2013

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Grinding stones, mortars and polishing stone tools represent a fundamental equipment of the daily life at Fewet in Garamantian times. Eighty-three stone tools were collected from three different areas: the Fewet compound, the Fewet sounding S1 and the Site 11 at Tan Ataram. Their typology, function and distribution are here studied, together with an analysis of wear traces for tools used as polishers.
2013
Life and death of a rural village in Garamantian times,- Archaeological investigations in the oasis of Fewet (Libyan Sahara)
978-88-7814-594-8
ground stone tools; cereal processing; use wear traces
02 Pubblicazione su volume::02a Capitolo o Articolo
Macro-lithic tools from Fewet / Mori, Lucia; Lemorini, Cristina. - STAMPA. - 6(2013), pp. 93-108.
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