Sheeter
Cross cutters (also known as arrow cutters ) are forms of Meso- and Neolithic arrowheads that belong to the genus of microliths . They are trapezoidal in shape. Usually the cutting edge is wider than the height of the artifact . Cross cutters are made from blades using the notch technique. The bullet causes a larger and more bleeding wound, but the projectile does not penetrate as easily as a pointed arrowhead. Cross cutters have a high degree of standardization in terms of dimensions and weight.
Their cultural and temporal allocation is often difficult, as the sites often contain mixed inventories from the Meso- and Neolithic. In addition, cross-cutters were often only found on the surface or in settlement layers, and less so in grave inventories. Sheeter cutters were used by the Starčevo-Körös-Criş culture , the linear ceramics , the Rössen and Michelsberg cultures and by the Chasséen . In northern Germany , the older type was replaced by the arrow blades of the funnel-beaker culture and the spherical amphora culture made from cuts .
literature
- Lutz Fiedler: Forms and techniques of Neolithic stone tools from the Rhineland. In: Contributions to the prehistory of the Rhineland III. Rhenish excavations 19. Bonn 1979. pp. 53–190
- Jan Friis-Hansen: Mesolithic cutting arrows: functional analysis of arrows used in the hunting of large game. In: Antiquity 64, 1990, pp. 494-504.
- Nanna Noe-Nygaard: Mesolithic hunting in Denmark illustrated by bone injuries caused by human weapons. In: Journal of Archaeological Science 1, 1974, pp. 217-248.