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On the Significance of Acheulean Biface Variability in Southern Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Mark J. White
Mark J. White
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Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ
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Abstract

The significance of morphological variation in Acheulean bifaces has been a central issue in Palaeolithic research for well over a century. For much of that period interpretation has been dominated by culture-historical models and it is only in the past 20 years that other explanatory factors have received adequate attention. This paper examines the combined role of several of these factors – namely raw materials, reduction intensity, and function – on biface variability in the British Isles, with special reference to the two major shaped-based ‘tradition’ devised by Roe (1967; 1968). First-hand examination of bifaces from 19 assemblages suggests that final biface shape depends largely on the dimensions of the original raw materials and the technofunctional strategies designed to deal with them. Through these observations a new model is generated and tested. This suggests that the patterning in the British Acheulean simply reflects the nature of the resources available at a site and the hominid procurement and technological strategies used to exploit them. According to this model, well-worked ovates with all-round edges were preferentially produced wherever raw materials were large and robust enough to frequently support intensive reduction procedures, usually when obtained from primary flint sources. Assemblages characterised by partially-edged, moderately-reduced pointed forms were only manufactured when smaller, narrower blanks, that imposed restrictions on human technological actions regarding the location and extent of working, were exploited. Such blanks were usually obtained from a secondary flint source, such as river gravel. Thus, Roe's pointed and ovate ‘traditions’ are seen not as the products of different biface making populations, but as the same broad populations coping with the exigencies of a heterogeneous environment, using different resources in an adaptive, flexible manner.

Résumé

La signification de la variation morphologique dans les bifaces acheuléens est au centre d'une discussion dans les recherches paléolithiques depuis plus d'un siècle. Pendant la plupart de ce temps l'interprétation est dominée par des modèles socio-culturels et ce n'est que pendant les vingt derniers ans que d'autres moyens d'explication reçoivent l'attention qu'ils méritent. Cet article examine le rôle commun que jouent plusieurs d'entre ces moyens – c'est-à-dire les matières premières, l'intensité de réduction et la fonction - sur la variabilité des bifaces dans les îles britanniques, en mettant l'accent sur les deux plus grandes “traditions“ basées sur la forme et établies par Roe (1967; 1968). Les analyses à première main des bifaces de 19 assemblages indiquent que la forme finale des bifaces dépend principalement des dimensions des matières premières d'origine et des stratégies techno-fonctionnelles visées à s'en servir. Par moyen de ces observations un nouveau modèle est établi et mis à l'épreuve. Ceci indique que le dessin pendant l'acheuléen britannique ne fait qu'exprimer la nature des ressources présentes sur place et leur procuration par les hominiens et les stratégies technologiques employées pour les exploiter. Selon ce modèle, des ovates bien taillées à côtés bien arrondis étaient produites de préférence partout là où les matières premières étaient assez grandes et robustes pour entretenir fréquemment les procédés de la réduction intensive, d'habitude quand elles venaient de sources primaires de silex. Les assemblages caractérisés par les formes à côtés partiels et à pointes modérément réduites étaient fabriqués seulement dans le cas où l'on exploitait de plus petites, plus étroites bases qui imposaient des restrictions sur les actions technologiques humaines en ce qui concerne la location et l'étendue de l'exploitation. Telles bases étaient normalement obtenues d'une source secondaire de silex, par exemple du gravier fluvial. Ainsi, les traditions pointues et ovates de Roe ne se présentent pas comme des produits de différentes populations qui fabriquaient les bifaces mais des mêmes populations générales qui se débrouillaient avec les exigences d'un milieu hétérogène en utilisant divers ressources d'une manière adaptive et flexible.

Zusammenfassung

Die Bedeutung der morphologischen Variietheit der acheuleén doppelseitigen Werkzeuge war mehr als ein Jahrhundert lang ein Hauptthema in der paläolithischen Forschung. Fast während der ganzen Periode wurde die Interpretation von kulturhistorischen Modellen dominiert. Nur in den letzten zwanzig Jahren haben andere aufklärende Faktoren genügend Aufmerksamkeit erhalten. Dieses Referat überprüft die gemeinsame Rolle einiger dieser Faktoren - namentlich Rohstoffe, reduzierte Intensität und Funktionen – die bei der Variiertheit doppelseitiger Werkzeuge auf den Britischen Inseln eine Rolle spielten, insbesondere die, welche auf zwei bedeutende, auf Formen basierte ‘Traditionen’ hinweist und die von Roe 1967/68 erfunden wurde. Aus erster Hand gemachte Untersuchungen der Werkzeuge aus neunzehn Assemblagen weisen darauf hin, dass die endgültige doppelseitige Form zum größten Teil von den Dimensionen der Rohmaterialien und dem technisch funktionierenden System mit den Werkzeugen zu Rande zu kommen, abhing. Durch diese Beobachtungen ist ein neues Modell entstanden und geprüft worden. Dies wiederum weist darauf hin, dass ein Mustervorbild in der britischen Acheuleen-Periode einfach nur die Begebenheit dieser auf diesem Gelände verfügbaren Rohmaterialien und deren ursprüngliche Herschaffung und ihre technologischen Strategien, diese Rohmaterialien auszunützen, reflektiert. Nach diesem Modell wurden dort gut verarbeitete ‘Ovate’ mit rundgeformten Rändern mit Vorliebe produziert, wo Rohmaterialien in Genüge vorkamen und ziemlich robust waren, um oft intensive Reduktionsprozeduren, gewöhnlich wenn diese Rohmaterialien bei primären Feuersteinstellen gefunden wurden, zu unterstützen. Assemblagen, die sich durch teilweis geränderte, mäßig reduzierte, gespitzte Formen auszeichneten, wurden nur dann hergestellt, wenn schmälere enge Abschlage die Einschränkungen auf menschliches technologisches Handeln bezüglich des Ortes und Ausmaßes der Verarbeitung auferlegten, ausgenutzt. Solche Abschlage wurden gewöhnlich bei sekundären Feuersteinfundstellen, wie zum Beispiel Flusskies, gefunden. Deshalb sollen Roes gespitzte und Ovate ‘Traditionen’ nicht als Produkte verschiedener Völker, die doppelseitige Werkzeuge herstellten, angesehen werden, sondern als die der gleichen Bevölkerung, die mit den Anforderungen einer heterogenen Umwelt verschiedener Naturschätzen in einer adaptiven, flexiblen Weise nützend, fertig zu werden.

Résumen

La transcendencia de la variabilidad morfológica de los bifaces achelenses, ha constituido un tema central de las investigaciones sobre el Paleolítico a lo largo de más de un siglo. Durante la mayor parte de este periodo, las interpretaciones han sido predominantemente del tipo histórico-cultural. Solamente en los últimos veinte años, otros factores explicativos han recibido atención adecuada. Este trabajo examina el papel desempeñado por la combinación de varios de estos factores (disponibilidad de materias primas, intensidad de su reducción, y su utilización), en la variabilidad de los bifaces de las Islas Británicas, con especial atención a las dos mayores “tradiciones” morfológicas definidas por Roe (1967; 1968). Un examen de primera mano de bifaces provenientes de 19 colecciones, parece indicar que la forma final del bifáz depende en gran parte de las dimensiones del material originalmente utilizado y de las estrategias técnico-funcionales escogidas para trabajarlo. A través de estas observaciones se propone y comprueba un nuevo modelo. Este modelo sugiere que la estructura del achelense británico simplemente refleja la naturaleza de los recursos disponibles en un determinado lugar, su obtención por los individuos, y las estrategias tecnológicas adoptadas para su explotación. De acuerdo con este modelo, los muy trabajados bifaces ovales con filo continuo fueron producidos preferentemente en zonas con materias primas de tamaño y resistencia suficientes para permitir frecuentes procesos de retoque, normalmente cuando el material se obtenía de yacimientos primarios de sílex. Colecciones caracterizadas por ejemplares de forma puntiaguda con filos parciales y escasos retoques, sólo fueron producidas cuando los núcleos utilizados eran más pequeños y estrechos, lo que impuso limitaciones a la acción tecnológica humana en cuanto a la situación y extensión de las superficies a trabajar. Cuando se utilizaban, tales núcleos procedían normalmente de fuentes secundarias de sílex, como, por ejemplo, de depósitos fluviales. Así pues, las “tradiciones” puntiaguda y ovalada de Roe, no son vistas como productos de distintas poblaciones fabricantes de bifaces, sino de más o menos las mismas poblaciones, haciendo frente a las exigencias de un medio ambiente hetereogéneo y usando distintos recursos de un modo adaptativo y flexible.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 64 , January 1998 , pp. 15 - 44
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