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SUBMITTER: Degano I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6586293 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Degano Ilaria I Soriano Sylvain S Villa Paola P Pollarolo Luca L Lucejko Jeannette J JJ Jacobs Zenobia Z Douka Katerina K Vitagliano Silvana S Tozzi Carlo C
PloS one 20190620 6
Hafting of stone tools was an important advance in the technology of the Paleolithic. Evidence of hafting in the Middle Paleolithic is growing and is not limited to points hafted on spears for thrusting or throwing. This article describes the identification of adhesive used for hafting on a variety of stone tools from two Middle Paleolithic caves in Latium, Fossellone Cave and Sant'Agostino Cave. Analysis of the organic residue by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry shows that a conifer resin a ...[more]