The forms and contexts of polished tools. Analysis of polished stones from the robert junghanns collection of the institute of Puerto Rican culture

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/arqueolsoc.2021n33.e15007

Keywords:

Caribbean Lithic Industry, Robert Junghanns Collection, morphology, method- ology, petaloid celts

Abstract

This research was motivated by the need to identify the great stylistic variability of polished stones within the Robert Junghanns Archaeological Collection of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. The manufacture of lithic polished materials have an economic significance that allows the underestimation of the homogeneity for the basic subsistence strategy of different groups in history, an important role in relation to various survival needs. This typological-functional analysis of the lithic instruments found in the Collection tries to present, classify and describe a series of lithic implements (from an unknown origin) and establishing 7 classes of different artifacts according to the type, raw material, manufacturing techniques used and the morphology they possess.

Author Biography

  • Nichole L. Bodin Cruz, Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe

    Maestría en Arqueología del Caribe del Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. Bachillerato de Humanidades con concentración en Fotografía en Artes Plásticas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras. Grado Asociado en Comunicación Audiovisual de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Humacao. Ha publicado recientemente Opinion: Boriken’s National Patrimony- A Diminishing Experience (2020), Río Cayrabón- It's time to fix a historic mistake. Borikén/ Puerto Rico (2011). Tiene como ejes de investigación, análisis y curación de colecciones arqueológicas, historia de Puerto Rico y preservación del patrimonio cultural.

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Published

2021-05-07

Issue

No. 33 (2021)

Section

ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES

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The forms and contexts of polished tools. Analysis of polished stones from the robert junghanns collection of the institute of Puerto Rican culture. (2021). Arqueología Y Sociedad, 33, 293-316. https://doi.org/10.15381/arqueolsoc.2021n33.e15007