Measure, Quantify, and Cross
Vanessa Rosemary Lea · Histoire & Mesure · 2003
This study shows that stone cutting, like the more frequently used pottery data, serves as a chronological-cultural marker for the neolithic period. Evidence for this point was drawn from an experiment with the Chassey culture cut stone collection (La Cabre site, France). A clearly defined methodology was implemented and tested, in which measurement and quantification predominate, enabling a meshing of data and statistical processing. The method brings to light the heterogeneity of Chassey culture occupations at La Cabre, although the site is only known through surface finds.