Functional analysis of mesolithic groundstone tools

研磨石器在史前饮食、土地使用和定居行为的重建中发挥着关键作用。它们被用于食品制备，工具制造，建筑材料或作为热导体。该项目从选定的发现清单中调查研磨石器的功能。分析的重点是原材料，形态，使用磨损和残留物以及对工具使用的实验。场地内空间调查将结果置于背景中。该项目旨在对这些常用和多功能的石材进行功能和经济性的重建，这些石材仍然很少受到关注。他们将提高我们对土地使用，资源管理，食品准备，木材，骨头和鹿角等有机材料加工，火的利用和定居组织的知识。在世界范围内，这些行为模式的特点是在全新世早期发生了深刻的变化，这些变化仍然是欧洲中石器时代记录的大麦。

Ground stone tools play a key role in the reconstruction of prehistoric diet, land use and settlement behaviour. They were used for food preparation, manufacturing of tools, building material or as heat conductor. The project investigates the function of ground stone tools from selected find inventories. Analysis focus on raw material, morphology, use wear and residues as well as on experiments on tool use. Intra-site spatial investigations contextualize the results. The project aims on reconstructions of function and economy of these commonly and multifunctionally used stones, which still receive little attention. They will improve our knowledge about land use, resource management, food preparation, processing of organic materials like wood, bone and antler, utilization of fire and settlement organisation. Worldwide these behavioural patterns are characterized by profound changes within the early Holocene that which remain barley documented for the Mesolithic in Europe.