Lithic raw data for Sheppard's (1987) thesis on the Capsian
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University of Auckland
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University of Oxford
Description
This is a collection of six lithic raw data spreadsheets created in the course of Peter Sheppard’s doctoral project on the prehistoric tradition of Northwest Africa known as the Capsian. Sheppard’s project investigated technological and stylistic variation in Capsian lithics. The spreadsheets provided here contain about 507,000 observations collected on some 20,100 artefacts (blanks, cores, burins, backed bladelets, and geometric microliths) from 16 sites. We recovered these data uncorrupted, byte-for-byte from a 40-year-old tape. In the provided PDF document, we restate with additional clarifications the data definitions from Sheppard (1987). We also detail the steps we took to transform the files found on the tape into usable data spreadsheets.
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Additional details
Related works
- Is supplement to
- Book: 10.30861/9780860544562 (DOI)
Funding
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
- Doctoral Fellowship (P. J. Sheppard) -
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
- Doctoral Fellowship (N. Perrault) 752–2018-0100
- Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et culture
- Bourse de doctorat en recherche (N. Perrault) 261848
References
- Jackes, M. and D. Lubell (2016). "Chronology and stratigraphy of Kef Zoura D with comparison to Relilaï". In: Holocene prehistory in the Télidjène Basin, eastern Algeria. Ed. by D. Lubell. Archaeopress Archaeology (pp. 1–40).
- Ligkovanlis, S. (2022). "Hand-preference and lithic production – exploring Neanderthal handedness rates through the study of Hertzian features on lithic blanks." Open Quaternary 8, pp. 1–21.
- Lubell, D., Sheppard, P. J., and M. Jackes (1984). "Continuity in the Epipalaeolithic of Northern Africa with emphasis on the Maghreb". In: Advances in World Prehistory, vol. 3. Edited by F. Wendorf and A. E. Close (pp. 143–191).
- Quintero, L. A. and P. J. Wilke (1995). "Evolution and economic significance of naviform core-and-blade technology in the Southern Levant". Paléorient 21, pp. 17–33.
- Sheppard, P. J. (1987). The Capsian of North Africa. Stylistic Variation in Stone Tool Assemblages. BAR Publishing.
- Sheppard, P. J. (2016). "The lithic assemblage." In: Holocene prehistory in the Télidjène Basin, eastern Algeria. Ed. by D. Lubell. Archaeopress Archaeology (pp. 41–93).
- Tixier, J. (1963). Typologie de l'épipaléolithique du Maghreb. Arts et Métiers Graphiques.
- Tixier, J. (1976). "L'industrie lithique capsienne de l'Aïn Dokkara. Région de Tébessa, Algérie." Libyca 24, pp. 21–54.