بناء المنجل الصواني وصيانته في جنوب بلاد الشام خلال الألفي السادس والخامس قبل الميلاد / Keeping the Razor Sharp: Hafting and Maintenance of Sickles in the Southern Levant during the Sixth and Fifth Millennia BCE

Authors

Jacob Vardi
Isaac Gilead

Abstract

The paper focuses on the major factors that determine the shape of the sickle inserts (i.e., sickle blades): the hafting and the maintenance of working edges procedures. Changes in morphological and metric traits of inserts between the Pottery Neolithic and the Chalcolithic periods reflect standardization in the fabrication of sickles and a rise in the level of specialization of cereal production in the Southern Levant in the fifth millennium BCE.

Recommended Citation

Vardi, Jacob and Gilead, Isaac (2023) "بناء المنجل الصواني وصيانته في جنوب بلاد الشام خلال الألفي السادس والخامس قبل الميلاد / Keeping the Razor Sharp: Hafting and Maintenance of Sickles in the Southern Levant during the Sixth and Fifth Millennia BCE," Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية): Vol. 12, Article 19.
Available at: https://publications.iaa.org.il/cornerstone/vol12/iss1/19