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
Maurizio Rossi
Richards, Michelle J.
Günther, Jasmin
Anna Gattiglia
Journals
Antiquity
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Kexue Jishu yu Bianzhengfa (Science, Technology, and Dialectics)
Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
Anthropozoologica
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Oxbow Books
Insegna del Giglio
Halle (Saale) Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte
Concepts
Archaeology
Anthropology, prehistoric
India, civilization and culture
Artifacts
Technology
Environmental history
Time Periods
Prehistory
Stone age
Ancient
Neolithic period
Renaissance
Medieval
Places
Pakistan
India
Middle and Near East
South Asia
Italy
China
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