[Bonetools] thrown percussion

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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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