Spatula-like tools: Hide processing in the Pavlovian

RAŠKOVÁ ZELINKOVÁ, Michaela. Spatula-like tools: Hide processing in the Pavlovian. Online. In Svoboda Jiří A. Pavlov excavations 2007-2011. Brno: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Archaeology at Brno, 2011. p. 180-199. Dolnověstonické studie, sv. 18. ISBN 978-80-86023-85-4. [citováno 2024-04-24]

Basic information

• Original name: Spatula-like tools: Hide processing in the Pavlovian
• Name in Czech: Spatulovité nástroje: Opracování kůží v Pavlovienu
• Authors: RAŠKOVÁ ZELINKOVÁ, Michaela (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
• Edition: Brno, Pavlov excavations 2007-2011, p. 180-199, 20 pp. Dolnověstonické studie, sv. 18, 2011.
• Publisher: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Archaeology at Brno

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Chapter(s) of a specialized book
• Field of Study: Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/11:00067452
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• ISBN: 978-80-86023-85-4
• Keywords (in Czech): Pavlovien, industrie z tvrdých živočišných tkání, opracování kůže
• Keywords in English: Pavlovian bone industry hide processing
• Tags: AKR, rivok, ZR
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Osseous industry is one of the most distinctive features of Pavlovian material culture. From the time of the first discoveries it has been apparent that hard animal tissues played a crucial role in the technological and socio-cultural strategies of Pavlovian hunter-gatherers. Nevertheless, this informational potential was never fully exploited. Although the original typological nomenclature of the Pavlovian bone and antler industry was based on functionally influenced terminology (terms such as „smoother“, „antler pronghoe“ etc.), the real function of these tools was neither specified nor demonstrated. Hard animal tissues were intensively utilized for the manufacture of a variety of artifacts from the so-called „domesticated tools“ to hunting weapons. Typological representation of these objects vary from site to site. The typological structure of an assemblage gives us an idea about activities performed at the site. Spatula-like tools and other artifacts have been attributed with the function of processing hide based on ethnological analogies. They occur at large Pavlovian settlements such as Dolní Věstonice and Pavlov in large quantities which gave us the impetus to embark on a detailed study of this material. A multidisciplinary approach of anthropological zooarchaeology utilizes knowledge from the fields of anthropology, archaeology, zoology as well as ethnology and presents a broader outlook in terms of interpretations. Combining those pieces of information with other analyses, a more complex picture of Pavlovian lifeways emerges.