Flaked Stone from Isthmia

by P. Nick Kardulias

Hesperia, Volume 78, Issue 3
Page(s): 307-346
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622698
Year: 2009
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ABSTRACT:

Archaeologists have long acknowledged the importance of flaked stone tools in the prehistoric archaeological record of the Aegean. Over the past two decades, scholars have demonstrated the continued production and use of lithics in historical periods as well. At Isthmia, flaked stone tools have been found in deposits associated with craft, agricultural, ritual, and domestic contexts. The presence of reduction debris as well as finished tools of obsidian and chert suggests some on-site production in historical eras, but recycling of older pieces is also possible. The assemblage reflects a pragmatic response to the need for cutting, scraping, and incising tools in various periods.