Lithics from Unit J6

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Overview

23% of the objects found in J6 are lithic artefacts. A large quantity are grinding stones and door sockets, but there are also several blade and flakes. There are smaller objects like beads, pestle and loom weights. There are lithic specimens, which are not artefacts, but stone fragments or unworked stones.

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Chipped stones

Chipped stones are small worked stones made from obsidian or flint. Most of them are blades, arrows or scrapers. Some examples are q231.1 and q261.3.

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Ground stones

Ground stones are well attested in J6. 31 grinding stoneswere found in J6; they are generally made from basalt and are quite large objects with a flat side and the other convex. There are few pestles made from basalt or from granite with a thick rounded end and smooth edges like q12.1 and q184.2.

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Other lithic artefacts

There are many other stone objects which are less common. Loom Weight or Spindle Whorl are made from stone or clay. An example of a stone spindle whorol found in J6 is q352.1. Unknown lithic artefacts are q245.1 and q272.1.
Door sockets are a part of architecture. Since they are generally found without contexts, they are collected as objects. Also in J6 all door sockets were found in accumulations. They are 10-30 cm in diameter, have a hole in the middle and made from basalt or lime stone. A good example are q119.1 and q59.1.

There are many stone Beads, but since they are made also from other material are described in the page other.