TY  - GEN
AB  - "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"--
AU  - White, Mark,
CN  - GN771
DO  - 10.4324/9781003287827
DO  - doi
ID  - 1562892
KW  - Paleolithic period.
KW  - Axes, Prehistoric.
KW  - Paleolithic period
KW  - Paleolithic period
KW  - Haches préhistoriques.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
KW  - Axes, Prehistoric
KW  - Paleolithic period
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003287827
N2  - "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"--
SN  - 9781003287827
SN  - 1003287824
SN  - 9781000603125
SN  - 1000603121
SN  - 9781000603194
SN  - 1000603199
T1  - A global history of the earlier Palaeolithic :assembling the Acheulean world, 1673-2020s /
TI  - A global history of the earlier Palaeolithic :assembling the Acheulean world, 1673-2020s /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003287827
ER  -