This article is divided into three parts.The first part focuses on raw material procurement,tracing the source area on the basis of visual assessment of archaeological and geological samples,and the reconstruction of ...This article is divided into three parts.The first part focuses on raw material procurement,tracing the source area on the basis of visual assessment of archaeological and geological samples,and the reconstruction of production procedures,using archaeological evidence supplemented by experimental replication.The second part provides an estimation of the breakage ratios on each manufacturing stage.The third part turns to the issue of technological organization which is examined in terms of the socio-political context,adapting the holistic versus prescriptive model proposed by Franklin,and making use of the spatial distribution of lithic deibitage,manufacturing wasters and stone tools.The analysis shows that the Qijia workshop was a typical example of utilization of the natural resources in the local environment.All the materials used in the Qijia workshop for jue manufacturing were acquired from the immediate vicinity of the Zhouyuan site.Basically,the jue production was broken into four operational stages:preparation of raw materials,preforming,perforation,and sawing and refining.Except that the first stage of raw material preparation is missing in the archaeological record,the manufacturing procedures can be largely determined and represented by various unfinished jue wasters and their associated manufacturing tools.The production subgroups identified in the Qijia workshop were characterized by a cluster of lithic pits and work floors.The findings from these individual production subgroups,including a full range of jue manufacturing errors and sets of stone tools,indicate that each subgroup went through the same range of production procedures,and that a holistic model of production can be used to describe technological management on the level of craft community.展开更多
文摘This article is divided into three parts.The first part focuses on raw material procurement,tracing the source area on the basis of visual assessment of archaeological and geological samples,and the reconstruction of production procedures,using archaeological evidence supplemented by experimental replication.The second part provides an estimation of the breakage ratios on each manufacturing stage.The third part turns to the issue of technological organization which is examined in terms of the socio-political context,adapting the holistic versus prescriptive model proposed by Franklin,and making use of the spatial distribution of lithic deibitage,manufacturing wasters and stone tools.The analysis shows that the Qijia workshop was a typical example of utilization of the natural resources in the local environment.All the materials used in the Qijia workshop for jue manufacturing were acquired from the immediate vicinity of the Zhouyuan site.Basically,the jue production was broken into four operational stages:preparation of raw materials,preforming,perforation,and sawing and refining.Except that the first stage of raw material preparation is missing in the archaeological record,the manufacturing procedures can be largely determined and represented by various unfinished jue wasters and their associated manufacturing tools.The production subgroups identified in the Qijia workshop were characterized by a cluster of lithic pits and work floors.The findings from these individual production subgroups,including a full range of jue manufacturing errors and sets of stone tools,indicate that each subgroup went through the same range of production procedures,and that a holistic model of production can be used to describe technological management on the level of craft community.
