[Bonetools] thrown percussion

[Nejma GOUTAS]

Dear all,

To continue on this question, there is a relevant substitution terminology
developed by Céline Thiébaut and collaborators. Instead of " percussion
posée", C. Thiébaut and collaborators speak about "geste posé" : « D’après
la terminologie développée par le programme collectif de recherche « des
Traces et des Hommes » (coord. C. Thiébaut). La notion de « geste posé » a
été définie par opposition à un « geste lancé » (percussion). Elle renvoie à
toute action engageant une application de la force au cours de laquelle
l’outil est posé (et non lancé) sur la matière travaillée (comm. orale A.
Coudenneau). Nous préférons cette terminologie à celle de « percussion posée
directe », développée par A. Leroi-Gourhan (1943), et qui risque de créer
une confusion avec une véritable percussion qui relève d’un geste lancé »
(Goutas, 2008, p. 65).

In short, the idea is that: “The notion of “geste posé” was defined by
opposition in a “thrown movement/gesture” (percussion). It refers to any
action during which the tool is put on/ posed on (and not thrown) the worked
material (a pressure, friction 
). To me this terminology is interesting
because less prone to confusion.

Best regards,
Nejma

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Yhank you JM for this clear answer. Grace's remarck is very interesting
because Percussion in that case is confusing. Personnaly I keep Leoi-Gouhan
calssification which is good to distinguish different kind of tool (in the
sense of functional) but I speak about action instead of percussion which I
reserve as a technique for getting flakes.

> In Leroi-Gourhan's classification of technical gestures, "percussion 
> lancée" (thrown percussion) means that the tool is held in hand and 
> the active part is literally thrown at the material you want to work.
> A hammer, an axe, a digging stick, a chopper are all used with 
> percussion lancée. Percussion lancée is opposed to percussion posée 
> (still percussion ?!), where the active part of the tool is in 
> constant contact with the material worked (percussion posée is 
> something like "pressure"). A scraper, a plane, a saw, a knife (when 
> used to cut, not to pierce) work with percussion posée.
>
>
> Jean-Marc
>
>
> Grace Cesario <grace.cesario at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've come across the term "thrown percussion" in reference to 
>> hide-working while reading Raskova Zelinkova 2010 (attached, "thrown 
>> percussion" is first mentioned on the second page). Leroi-Gourhan 
>> 1971 is referenced, but I don't have access to the book nor do I read 
>> French. I was wondering if anyone could explain what this method 
>> entails and how it works.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Grace
>>
>
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