When the Leafpoints are Missing: On the Possibility of Identifying of Jerzmanowician Assemblages based on the Small Debitage Alone

Abstract

ABSTRACT The paper examines the possibility of recognising leafpoint industry in the case that its most characteristic feature is missing. The conducted research aimed at identifying whether it is possible to determine Jerzmanowician assemblage based on the small debitage solely. To answer this question, leafpoints were experimentally knapped and all the produced debris carefully collected. The obtained debitage was subsequently analysed in respect to its morphometric and morphologic features to determine whether one can observe any distinctive characteristics. The results were compared with the stone assemblage from Koziarnia Cave, one of the few Jerzmanowician sites in Poland, confirming that one can determine which layer contains Jerzmanowician features.