Publisher： Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN： 1745-1744|82|316|367-376
ISSN： 0003-598x
Source： Antiquity, Vol.82, Iss.316, 2008-06, pp. : 367-376
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Abstract
The authors describe the discovery of a Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic basalt axe factory in the Manasseh Hills in Israel and suggest it had a primary role in the region for the production of these functional and symbolic tools. The form of discarded roughouts and flakes is used to deduce the principal eventual product and its sequence of manufacture.
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