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A Technological Analysis of the Lithic Workshop in Tabuluk, Ren’ai Township

  • Author:

    Chin-yung Chao

  • Page Number:

    89.2:201-245

  • Date:

    2018/06

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Abstract

The Tabuluk site was found in the upper Choshui River near the renowned Chuping (Qais) site in 2012. The roadcut reveals a dense cultural deposit of knapped lithic embedded in a stratified formation. The lithic types demonstrate low proportions of formal tools but higher amounts of preforms and flakes. Taken together with the fact that edge wear is rarely found, it is suggested that this place was probably a prehistoric lithic workshop. A brief review of lithic classification shows that the best strategy is to keep one’s system concise and explicit. Based on the systematic classification focusing on knapping technology, my analysis of core types, striking methods and retouch patterns suggests that the Tabuluk assemblage represents a distinctive knapping tradition that is the predecessor to various so-called thin-section stone tools widely used throughout the mid-to-upper Choshui River valley and Puli basin. It is further argued that this characteristic knapping tradition may have been an essential local element in the configuration of Tamalin culture.

Keywords

prehistoric lithic workshop, Tamalin culture, archaeological classification, knapping tradition

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Chin-yung Chao, “A Technological Analysis of the Lithic Workshop in Tabuluk, Ren’ai Township,” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 89.2 (2018): 201-245.

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Chao, Chin-yung
2018 “A Technological Analysis of the Lithic Workshop in Tabuluk, Ren’ai Township.” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 89.2: 201-245.
Chao, Chin-yung. (2018). A Technological Analysis of the Lithic Workshop in Tabuluk, Ren’ai Township. Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, 89(2), 201-245.
Chao, Chin-yung. “A Technological Analysis of the Lithic Workshop in Tabuluk, Ren’ai Township.” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 89, no. 2 (2018): 201-245.
Chao, Chin-yung. “A Technological Analysis of the Lithic Workshop in Tabuluk, Ren’ai Township.” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, vol. 89, no. 2, 2018, pp. 201-245.
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