Prehistoric Quarries and Lithic Production Hardback
by Jonathon E. Ericson, Barbara A. Purdy
Part of the New Directions in Archaeology series
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This book was originally published in 1984. For over a million years rocks provided human beings with the essential raw materials for the production of tools.
Nevertheless we still know very little about the behaviour and processes that resulted in the creation of archaeological sites at or near lithic quarries.
In the past archaeologists have placed much emphasis on the process of 'exchange' in their analysis of prehistoric economies while largely ignoring the sources of the exchanged objects.
However, with the development of interest in the means of production, these sites have begun to take on a new significance.
Prehistoric Quarries and Lithic Production is the first systematic study of archaeological sites that served as quarries for stone tools.
Its theoretical and methodological importance will extend its appeal beyond those archaeologists concerned with lithic technology and prehistoric exchange systems to archaeologists and anthropologists in general and to geographers and geologists.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:26/07/1984
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- ISBN:9780521256223
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:26/07/1984
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- ISBN:9780521256223