EEN GEZIN MET DRIE VUURSTEENBEWERKERS: DE REFITTING-ANALYSE VAN OLDEHOLTWOLDE (FR.)

Samenvatting

To a certain extent, refitting analysis may en­able us to identify individual flint knappers, on the basis of differences in level of skill. The first author performed a refitting analysis of the flint material from the Hamburgian site at Oldeholt­wolde. lt seems probable that three different knappers were active here. Most of the flint knapping was done by an expert knapper: probably an adult man. A completely unskilled knapper worked several cores without producing any usable blades: probably a young boy. A third knapper was moderately skilled and may be considered an advanced larner: probably an older boy. The man and the older boy removed used-up cores to spots outside the central activity area around the hearth; the young boy, however, left his core at the spot were he worked it, near the hearth.