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A Comment on Moholy-Nagy’s "The Misidentification of Lithic Workshops"

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Dan M. Healan
Dan M. Healan*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 7011
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Abstract

Moholy-Nagy"s (1990) discussion of the confusion of lithic-reduction sites (workshops) and workshop refuse dumps included criticism of a statement by Healan et al. (1983) as an example of such confusion. In reality no confusion is implied in the statement. Instead, Moholy-Nagy's criticism and the manner in which she defines her basic units reflect an overly narrow and simplistic conception of workshop and workshop dump.

Moholy-Nagy (1990) presentó una discusión sobre la confusión que existe entre los lugares de la fabricación de implementos líticos (es decir, talleres) y los basureros de talleres. Su presentación incluyó una crítica de una declaración por Healan et al. (1983), que según ella constituye un ejemplo de tal confusión. En realidad no se indica ninguna confusión en dicha declaración. Al contrario, la crítica de Moholy-Nagy así como su explicación de los conceptos de talleres y basureros de talleres indica una concepción demasiada restringuida.

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Latin American Antiquity , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 240 - 242
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1992

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