Title
Tabun Unit I Flake Models
Published Date
2016-07-05
Authors
Author Contact
Hunstiger, Matthew D (mdhunstiger@gmail.com)
Type
Dataset
3D Imaging Data
Abstract
This dataset consists of flake models representing archaeological materials from Tabun Cave, Israel. They were excavated in the late 1960's to early 1970's by a team led by Arthur J. Jelinek of the University of Arizona. This Tabun Unit I assemblage was knapped by hominins approximately 165,000 years ago. The flakes are housed at the University of Arizona's School of Anthropology. These models are of the flakes that were created, or knapped off, as hominins made stone tools. They were created for the purpose of studying scar directionality in archaeological chipped stone analysis, and formed part of the archaeological side of a dissertation by Matthew D. Hunstiger.
Description
Dataset consists of one ZIP archive containing 91 virtual flake models, each represented by one OBJ file with an accompanying MTL file, for 182 total files. The flakes were scanned with a NextEngine Inc.’s Desktop 3D Scanner SD (standard definition) or HD (high definition), and then virtually assembled using 3D Systems' Inc. Geomagic Design X and Verify. These models can be viewed with a variety of software, for example http://3dviewer.net/.
Referenced by
Hunstiger, Matthew. (2016). Three Dimensional Aggregate Flake Scar Analysis and Hominin Behavior at Tabun Cave, Israel. Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy.
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License
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Suggested Citation
Hunstiger, Matthew D.
(2016). Tabun Unit I Flake Models.
Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota,
http://doi.org/10.13020/D6D305.
