Book ID: CBB001422617

Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic near East: A Guide (2013)

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Shea, John J. (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: xvii + 408 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide surveys the lithic record for the East Mediterranean Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and adjacent territories) from the earliest times to 6,500 years ago. It is intended both as an introduction to this lithic evidence for students and as a resource for researchers working with Paleolithic and Neolithic stone tool evidence. Written by a lithic analyst and professional flintknapper, this book systematically examines variation in technology, typology, and industries for the Lower, Middle, and Upper Paleolithic; the Epipaleolithic; and Neolithic periods in the Near East. It is extensively illustrated with drawings of stone tools. In addition to surveying the lithic evidence, the book also considers ways in which archaeological treatment of this evidence could be changed to make it more relevant to major issues in human origins research. A final chapter shows how change in stone tool designs point to increasing human dependence on stone tools across the long sweep of Stone Age prehistory.

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Authors & Contributors
Charlton, Mike
Armada, Xosé-Lois
Richards, Michelle J.
Günther, Jasmin
Murillo-Barroso, Mercedes
Bickle, Penny
Concepts
Archaeology
Anthropology, prehistoric
India, civilization and culture
Technology
Agriculture
Artifacts
Time Periods
Prehistory
Stone age
Ancient
Neolithic period
Bronze age
20th century, late
Places
Pakistan
India
Middle and Near East
South Asia
Polynesia
Ohio (U.S.)
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