A Bone Projectile Point and Its Possibly Associated Workshop from the Iron Age IIA of Tell eṣ-Ṣafi/Gath

Although not as old as artifacts made of stone, the manufacture and use of bone tools is of great antiquity, with the earliest known bone artifacts from Lower Paleolithic sites in Africa: Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) dating to 2.1-1.1 Ma and the sites of Swartkrans, Sterkfontein, Drimolen (South Africa)...

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Authors: Horwitz, Liora Kolska 1958- (Author) ; Eniukhina, Maria (Author) ; Groman-Yaroslavski, Iris (Author) ; Kehati, Ron (Author) ; Maʾir, Aharon 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2021
In: Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2021, Volume: 84, Issue: 2, Pages: 120-129
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tell es-Safi / Tool / Bones / Ornament
IxTheo Classification:TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
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