[Bonetools] thrown percussion

[Jean-Marc Pétillon]

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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