Stone tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic near East [electronic resource] : a guide / John J. Shea.
2013
GN772.32.N4 S54 2013
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Stone tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic near East [electronic resource] : a guide / John J. Shea.
Author
Shea, John J. (John Joseph)
ISBN
9781107006980
9781139611947 (electronic book)
9781139611947 (electronic book)
Publication Details
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 408 p. : ill., maps.
Call Number
GN772.32.N4 S54 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
939.4
Summary
"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 points to increasing human dependence on stone tools across the long sweep of Stone Age prehistory"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Lithics basics; 3. The Lower Paleolithic; 4. The Middle Paleolithic; 5. The Upper Paleolithic; 6. The Epipaleolithic; 7. The Neolithic; 8. Conclusion.