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Introduction
The corpus of lithics collected from J4 cconstitute of around 61 objects. A considerable quantity for a unit excavated for one season. This corpus offers a typological variety, such as blades, small and large working tools and a door socket.
The largest number of lithic artifacts can be categorized as tools like hammers, grinding stones, polishing tools and some unidentifiable lithic objects of an undetermined function, that have working traces.
The second largest quantity of lithic artifacts are the small worked stones such as flint blades and scrapers, categorized as working tools (or weapons in some cases), but of a different nature, in terms of use, production technique and manufacturing materials (mostly obsidian or flint stone).
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Grinding and Polishing Stones
The corpus consists of medium to large size tools, most of which come from accumulation layers, not related to any workshop or working areas.
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Small worked stone
This group consists of flint blades, scrapers and manufacturing debitage. This sample comes from various horizons, mostly from accumulation layers. None are complete.
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Door sockets
Door sockets were found broken in a secondary context, not associated with any structures or doorways.
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