Analisis Awalan Plot Profil Permukaan Dalam Kajian Fungsi Alat Repeh Tingkayu

Siti Khairani Abd Jalil, Jeffrey Abdullah, Mokhtar Saidin, Peter Molijol

Abstract


Kajian kesan guna semakin berkembang dan digunakan sebagai kaedah utama untuk mengenal pasti fungsi alat batu masyarakat prasejarah. Perkembangan ini telah menyebabkan wujudnya pelbagai kaedah baru sebagai medium tambahan untuk membina interpretasi dan mengenal pasti atribut kesan guna pada alat batu. Salah satu kaedah yang digunakan adalah analisis plot permukaan yang membantu mengenal pasti kesan haus pada mata tepi alat repeh. Selain itu, analisis ini akan memberi nilai plot profil rentasan pada permukaan alat repeh. Nilai plot profil ini akan membantu untuk mengenal pasti variasi tekstur permukaan yang haus pada alat repeh. Analisis plot permukaan ini dijalankan ke atas alat repeh jenis berperimping, bergerigi dan bertirus daripada tapak Tingkayu, Sabah. Maka, hasil analisis menunjukkan alat repeh daripada tapak Tingkayu adalah berfungsi untuk mengikis, meraut dan gabungan fungsi. Ini membuktikan bahawa alat repeh di Asia Tenggara mempunyai fungsi yang pelbagai.

Kata Kunci: Alat repeh, Tingkayu, kesan guna, prasejarah, fungsi



The use wear study is getting developed and has been used as a primary method to identify stone tools function of prehistoric people. This development has brought various new methods as another medium to build interpretations and identify the attributes of use wear on stone tools. One of the methods used is the analysis of the surface plot that helps to identify the effects of wear on the edge of the flake tools. In addition, this analysis will give the value of cross section profile plot on the flake tools surface. This profile plot will help to identify the variety of surface texture that is worn on the flake tools. The surface plot analysis carried out on the flake tools of retouched, serrated, and pointed type is from the Tingkayu site, Sabah. Thus, this analysis shows that flake tools from the Tingkayu site are used in scraping whittling and a combination of functions. This proves that the flake tools in Southeast Asia have diverse functions.

Keywords: Flake tools, Tingkayu, use wear, prehistoric, function




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