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| Author | : Mark Edmonds |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 211 |
| Release | : 2012-11-12 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1135123209 |
Stone tools are the most durable and, in some cases, the only category of material evidence that students of prehistory have at their disposal. Exploring the changing character and context of stone tools in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain, Mark Edmonds examines the varied ways in which these artefacts were caught up in the fabric of past social life. Key themes include:stone tool procurement and production * the nature of technological traditions * stone tools and social identity * the nature of exchange and the significance of depositional practices. As well as contributing to current debate about the interpretation of material culture, Dr. Edmonds uses the evidence of stone tools to reconsider some of the major horizons of change in later British prehistory.From the production of tools at spectacularly located quarries to their ceremonial burial or destruction at ritual monuments, this well-illustrated study demonstrates that our understanding of these varied and sometimes enigmatic artefacts requires a concern with their social, as well as their practical dimensions.
| Author | : Kathryn Weedman Arthur |
| Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
| Total Pages | : 329 |
| Release | : 2018-04-24 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 0816537135 |
"This book offers critical insights into lithic technology and cultural practices concerning stone tools"--Provided by publisher.
| Author | : John J. Shea |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 427 |
| Release | : 2013-02-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107006988 |
This book surveys the archaeological record for stone tools from the earliest times to 6,500 years ago in the Near East.
| Author | : John J. Shea |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 309 |
| Release | : 2020-04-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1108424430 |
A detailed overview of the Eastern African stone tools that make up the world's longest archaeological record.
| Author | : Borrell, Ferran |
| Publisher | : Servei de Publicacions de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Total Pages | : 542 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 8449038189 |
This volume compiles the papers presented at the seventh edition of the Conference on PPN Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Fertile Crescent, held in Barcelona from 14 to 17 February 2012. This series of conferences/workshops started nineteen years ago - the first meeting was organised in Berlin in 1993 - and is devoted to the study of the lithic record in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of the Near East and neighbouring regions. The seventh of these conferences was organised by the Institució Milà i Fontanals (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) and the Prehistory Department (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). This volume includes a total number of 36 articles, covering a wide range of topics and disciplines related to lithic studies in the Levant over a long chronological time span (from the final stages of the Epipalaeolithic/Natufian to the Halaf period). The publication of the conference proceedings is thus an interesting synthesis of the current state of lithic studies on the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of the Near East, and consolidates this specific series of conferences as a key tool to maintain and stimulate the vitality of high quality research into the Near Eastern lithic record.
| Author | : Ellen Sue Turner |
| Publisher | : Taylor Trade Publications |
| Total Pages | : 367 |
| Release | : 2011-12-16 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1589794656 |
Useful for academic and recreational archaeologists alike, this book identifies and describes over 200 projectile points and stone tools used by prehistoric Native American Indians in Texas. This third edition boasts twice as many illustrations—all drawn from actual specimens—and still includes charts, geographic distribution maps and reliable age-dating information. The authors also demonstrate how factors such as environment, locale and type of artifact combine to produce a portrait of theses ancient cultures.
| Author | : Richard Rudgley |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2000-01-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0684862700 |
Examines the history of mankind during the Neolithic Age, and presents evidence that the Stone Age human was more advanced than science originally thought. Includes figures and photographs.
| Author | : O. W. Hampton |
| Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780890968703 |
In this unique study, Hampton describes the complete cultural inventory of both secular and sacred stones, ranging from utilitarian stone tools and profane symbolic stones to symbolic spirit stones, power stones with multiple functions, and medicinal power stone tools.
| Author | : John C. Whittaker |
| Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2010-03-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0292792557 |
Flintknapping is an ancient craft enjoying a resurgence of interest among both amateur and professional students of prehistoric cultures. In this new guide, John C. Whittaker offers the most detailed handbook on flintknapping currently available and the only one written from the archaeological perspective of interpreting stone tools as well as making them. Flintknapping contains detailed, practical information on making stone tools. Whittaker starts at the beginner level and progresses to discussion of a wide range of techniques. He includes information on necessary tools and materials, as well as step-by-step instructions for making several basic stone tool types. Numerous diagrams allow the reader to visualize the flintknapping process, and drawings of many stone tools illustrate the discussions and serve as models for beginning knappers. Written for a wide amateur and professional audience, Flintknapping will be essential for practicing knappers as well as for teachers of the history of technology, experimental archaeology, and stone tool analysis.
| Author | : Andrea Squitieri |
| Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 378 |
| Release | : 2019-01-31 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1789690617 |
This book focusses on ground stone tools, stone vessels, and devices carved into rock across the Near East and Egypt from prehistory to the later periods. The aim is to explore all aspects of these tools and stimulate a debate about new methodologies to approach this material.
