@article{1562892,
      recid = {1562892},
      author = {White, Mark,},
      title = {A global history of the earlier Palaeolithic : assembling  the Acheulean world, 1673-2020s /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xviii, 580 pages) :},
      abstract = {"This book tells the story of both the ancient humans who  made handaxes and the thoughts and ideas of scholars who  have spent their lives trying to understand them. Beginning  with the earliest known finds, this volume provides a  linear and thematic account of the history of the Old Stone  Age, or Palaeolithic Period, covering major discoveries,  interpretations and debates worldwide, a story that takes  us from the embers of the Great Fire of London to the  beginning of the Covid pandemic. It offers a comprehensive  and unique history of archaeological theory and  interpretation, seeking to explain how we know what we know  about the deep past, and how ideas about it have changed  over time, reflecting both scientific and societal change.  At its heart lies the quest for an answer to a most curious  and sometimes beautiful tool ever made - the handaxe. While  focused on the earlier Palaeolithic period, the book  provides a readable account of how ideas about the  prehistoric past generally were formed and altered, showing  how the wider discipline came to be dominated by a  succession of different theoretical 'paradigms', each  seeking different answers from the same dataset. Serving a  dual purpose as a historical narrative and as a reference  source, this book will be of interest to all students and  researchers interested in deep"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1562892},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003287827},
}