This first book about stone tools written specifically for Eastern African archaeology by an expert stoneworker, teaches students how to 'read' stone tools and guides archaeologists in how to identify and measure them. Written with humor and richly illustrated, it covers the full sweep of Eastern Africa's 3.4 million-year-long prehistory.
This first book about stone tools written specifically for Eastern African archaeology by an expert stoneworker, teaches students how to 'read' stone tools and guides archaeologists in how to identify and measure them. Written with humor and richly illustrated, it covers the full sweep of Eastern Africa's 3.4 million-year-long prehistory.
John J. Shea is Professor of Anthropology at Stony Brook University, New York. He is the author of Stone Tools in Human Evolution (Cambridge, 2016) and Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic of the Near East: A Guide (Cambridge, 2012).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Stone tools: essential terms and concepts 3. How to read stone tools 4. Eastern Africa 5. The Eastern African lithic record 6. Cores and tools 7. Flakes/detached pieces 8. Retouched pieces 9. Percussors and groundstone artifacts 10. Conclusion.
1. Introduction 2. Stone tools: essential terms and concepts 3. How to read stone tools 4. Eastern Africa 5. The Eastern African lithic record 6. Cores and tools 7. Flakes/detached pieces 8. Retouched pieces 9. Percussors and groundstone artifacts 10. Conclusion.
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