Siliceous Rocks And Prehistory

Author : Christophe Delage
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015053028893

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Siliceous Rocks and Prehistory by Christophe Delage Pdf

The published evidence on lithic raw material procurement in prehistoric times that has been gathered since the nineteenth century is presented in many languages, and is available in both local and international journals. Nowadays, it appears quite overwhelming, almost impossible, to grasp the full extent of research regarding this topic. Publications on methodological grounds or on the synthesis of specific geographical areas have inevitably provided limited scope for reflection and discussion. This volume offers a reference that can provide the 'raw material' for scholars interested in furthering their understanding of prehistoric economic strategies of lithic procurement and exploitation. It is the result of several years collecting bibliographical references. Publications ranging from a simple mention of a few raw materials present at a specific site to detailed studies of lithic sourcing and procurement strategies or the geo-archaeological assessment of chert available in a particular region, have been taken into consideration.

Author : International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences. World Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Europe
ISBN : OCLC:1246548948

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From Mine to User by International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences. World Congress Pdf

Author : Françoise Bostyn,François Giligny,Peter Topping
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789697124

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From Mine to User: Production and Procurement Systems of Siliceous Rocks in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age by Françoise Bostyn,François Giligny,Peter Topping Pdf

Presents papers from Parts 1 and 2 of Session XXXIII of the 18th UISPP World Congress (Paris, June 2018). The first part, 'Siliceous rocks: procurement and distribution systems', looks at production systems and the diffusion of mining products, while the second, 'Flint mines and chipping floors...', focuses on knapping activities.

Author : Françoise Bostyn,Jacek Lech,Alan Saville,Dagmara H. Werra
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803272221

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Prehistoric Flint Mines in Europe by Françoise Bostyn,Jacek Lech,Alan Saville,Dagmara H. Werra Pdf

This volume offers a review of major flint mines dating from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. The 18 articles were contributed by archaeologists from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, using the same framework to propose a uniform view of the mining phenomenon.

Author : Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo,Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0520066960

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UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. I, Abridged Edition by Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo,Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa Pdf

"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description

Author : George Nash,Sara Garcês
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000955330

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The Prehistoric Rock Art of Portugal by George Nash,Sara Garcês Pdf

The Prehistoric Rock Art of Portugal presents significant interpretive perspectives in Portuguese rock art research and offers an excellent representation of core rock art areas, along with current thinking and interpretations. The various chapters deliver a personal approach to the many issues, themes and approaches that are embedded within the rock art of the outpost of western Atlantic Europe. Ethnographical perspectives have often dominated the study of rock art but unlike other well-studied regions, the western Iberian Peninsula is absent of an ethnographical or ethno-historical past and therefore the production of rock art can only be archaeologically assessed. Thus, the work promotes interpretive perspectives on Portuguese rock art, illustrating the richness, chronology and context of these unique artistic expressions and explores the variability of rock art imagery and the diversity of landscapes and social contexts in which it was produced. Although focusing on Portuguese rock art the book includes a number of universal themes that will appeal to a broad range of scholars researching in archaeology and anthropology, history of art, as well as professionals engaged in rock art heritage and conservation.

Author : Aviad Agam
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789699357

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Flint Procurement and Exploitation Strategies in the Late Lower Paleolithic Levant by Aviad Agam Pdf

This volume examines patterns of flint procurement and exploitation at the Acheulo-Yabrudian site Qesem Cave, Israel. The results show how flint had a major impact on early human decision-making and social and cultural lifeways during the Late Lower Paleolithic of the Levant.

Author : Xavier Terradas Batlle,Telmo Pereira
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527505230

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The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory by Xavier Terradas Batlle,Telmo Pereira Pdf

This collection presents state-of-the-art approaches to the use of inorganic raw materials in the period known as prehistory. It focuses on stone-tools, adornments, colorants and pottery from Europe, America and Africa. The chapters intimately merge archaeology, anthropology, geology, geography, physics and chemistry to reconstruct past human behaviour, economy, technology, ecology, cognition, territory and social complexity. The book represents a framework of raw material investigation for those working in science, regardless of the time period, region of the world or materials they are studying.

Author : Sarunas Milisauskas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781441966339

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European Prehistory by Sarunas Milisauskas Pdf

European Prehistory: A Survey traces humans from their earliest appearance on the continent to the Rise of the Roman Empire, drawing on archaeological research from all over Europe. It includes the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. Throughout these periods, the major developments are explored using a wide range of archaeological data that emphasizes aspects of agricultural practices, gender, mortuary practices, population genetics, ritual, settlement patterns, technology, trade, and warfare. Using new methods and theories, recent discoveries and arguments are presented and previous discoveries reevaluated. This work includes chapters on European geography and the chronology of European prehistory. A new chapter has been added on the historical development of European archaeology. The remaining chapters have been contributed by archaeologists specializing in different periods. The second edition of European Prehistory: A Survey is enhanced by a glossary, three indices and a comprehensive bibliography, as well as an extensive collection of maps, chronological tables and photographs.

Author : John J. Shea
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108424431

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Prehistoric Stone Tools of Eastern Africa by John J. Shea Pdf

A detailed overview of the Eastern African stone tools that make up the world's longest archaeological record.

Author : Jeffrey R. Ferguson
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607320227

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Designing Experimental Research in Archaeology by Jeffrey R. Ferguson Pdf

Each chapter addresses a particular classification of material culture---ceramics, stone tools, perishable materials, composite hunting technology, butchering practices and bone tools, and experimental zooarchaeology---detailing issues that must be considered in the development of experimental archaeology projects and discussing potential pitfalls. The experiments follow coherent and consistent research designs and procedures that are given theoretical context. Contributors outline methods that will serve as a guide in future experiments. This degree of standardization is uncommon in traditional archaeological research but is essential to experimental archaeology. --

Author : Malcolm C. Lillie,Inna D. Potekhina
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789254617

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Prehistoric Ukraine by Malcolm C. Lillie,Inna D. Potekhina Pdf

This volume covers the Prehistory of Ukraine from the Lower Palaeolithic through to the end of the Neolithic periods. This is the first comprehensive synthesis of Ukrainian Prehistory from earliest times through until the Neolithic Period undertaken by researchers who are currently investigating the Prehistory of Ukraine. At present there are no other English language books on this subject that provide a current synthesis for these periods. The chapters in this volume provide up-to-date overviews of all aspects of prehistoric culture development in Ukraine and present details of the key sites and finds for the periods studied. The book includes the most recent research from all areas of prehistory up to the Neolithic period, and, in addition, areas such as recent radiocarbon dating and its implications for culture chronology are considered; as is a consideration of aDNA and the new insights into culture history this area of research affords; alongside recent macrofossil studies of plant use, and anthropological and stable isotope studies of diet, which all combine to allow greater insights into the nature of human subsistence and cultural developments across the Palaeolithic to Neolithic periods in Ukraine. It is anticipated that this book will be an invaluable resource for students of prehistory throughout Europe in providing an English-language text that is written by researchers who are active in their respective fields and who possess an intimate knowledge of Ukrainian prehistory.

Author : Dagmara H. Werra,Marzena Woźny
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784917739

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Between History and Archaeology: Papers in honour of Jacek Lech by Dagmara H. Werra,Marzena Woźny Pdf

A collection of forty-six papers papers in honour of Professor Jacek Lech, compiled in recognition of his research and academic career as well as his inquiry into the study of prehistoric flint mining, Neolithic flint tools (and beyond), and the history of archaeology.

Author : William O'Brien
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199605651

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Prehistoric Copper Mining in Europe by William O'Brien Pdf

Readership : Scholars and students interested in archaeometallurgy and the history of European prehistoric mining, and prehistoric Europe more generally.

Author : Geoffrey Richard Clark,Atholl Anderson
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781921666070

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The Early Prehistory of Fiji by Geoffrey Richard Clark,Atholl Anderson Pdf

I enjoyed reading this volume. It is rare to see such a comprehensive report on hard data published these days, especially one so insightfully contextualised by the editors' introductory and concluding chapters. These scholars and the others involved in the work really know their stuff, and it shows. The editors connect the preoccupations of Pacific archaeologists with those of their colleagues working in other island regions and on "big questions" of colonisation, migration, interaction and patterns and processes of cultural change in hitherto-uninhabited environments. These sorts of outward-looking, big-picture contextual studies are invaluable, but all too often are missing from locally- and regionally-oriented writing, very much to its detriment. In sum, the work strongly advances our understanding of the early prehistory of Fiji through its well-integrated combination of original research and the reinterpretation of existing knowledge in the context of wider theoretical and historical concerns. In doing so The Early Prehistory of Fiji makes a truly substantial contribution to Pacific and archaeological scholarship. Professor Ian Lilley, The University of Queensland