For discussions of the Hacinebi chipped stone, see Edens 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999; and Wright and Bernbeck 1996 on the publications page of this website.
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Late Chalcolithic cores for" Canaanean Blades"
(L.) and "Simple Blades" (R.). Canaanean and simple blades
differ in size, raw materials, core preparation techniques, and in
patterns of tool use (see Edens 1999). |
Large tabular scraper faound in an in situ Uruk
kitchen deposit in Op. 14. Fan scrapers are best known from the southern
Levant, but arealso found at Uruk colonies and contemporaneous sites in
North Syria and Southeast Anatolia. (Edens 1999:25) |
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Late Chalcolithic Canaanean blades.
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Late Chalcolithic Simple blades
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Late Chalcolithic sickle blades with silica polish and
traces of bitumen hafting.
The sickle elements were made from Canaanean blade segments (Edens 1999). |