Flexible stones : ground stone tools from Franchthi Cave /
Despite their ubiquitous presence among prehistoric remains in Greece, ground stone tools have yet to attract the same kind of attention as have other categories of archaeological material, such as pottery or lithics. Flexible Stones provides a detailed analysis of the material discovered during the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, Ind. :
Indiana University Press,
©2010.
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| Series: | Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece ;
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Introduction to the site and assemblage ; Classification ; Describing the material ; Why not a ground stone tool stratigraphy? ; Tool names ; Structure of the study ; Abbreviations used in the text
- The pre-neolithic material. introduction ; The Palaeolithic period ; The Mesolithic period ; Possible Pre-Neolithic specimens
- The Neolithic material (1). Introduction to the Neolithic period ; Passive tools ; Introduction ; Passive open tools (Popen) ; Passive tools with cavity (Pcav) ; Passive miscellanea (Pmisc)
- The Neolithic material (2). Active tools ; introduction ; Active cutting edge tools (Acut) ; Active discoidal tools (Adisc) ; Active rectangular tools (Arect) ; Active square or circular tools (Asquare-circ) ; Active tools used with ends (Aend) ; Active globular tools (Aglobe) ; Active globular tools without stains (Aglobe-nostain) ; Active miscellanea (Amisc) ; Epilogue
- Summary and conclusions. Raw material ; Manufacture ; Use and discard ; Chronological distribution ; Spatial distribution.