Flexible stones [[electronic resource] ] : ground stone tools from Franchthi Cave / / Anna Stroulia

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781500003321
• Autore: Stroulia Anna <1966->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, c2010
• ISBN: 0-253-00142-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Collana: Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece ; ; fasc. 14
• Disciplina: 938
• Soggetti: Excavations (Archaeology) - Greece; Ground stone implements - Greece; Tools, Prehistoric - Greece; Franchthi Cave (Greece); Greece Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Chapter One 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; Chapter Two The Pre-Neolithic Material; Introduction; The Palaeolithic period; The Mesolithic period; Lower Mesolithic; Upper Mesolithic; Final Mesolithic; Possible Pre-Neolithic specimens; Chapter Three The Neolithic Material (1); Introduction to the Neolithic period; Passive tools; Introduction; 1. Passive open tools (Popen); Introduction; Raw material Aspects of manufacture; Technomorphological characteristics; Aspects of use; Discussion; 2. Passive tools with cavity (Pcav); 3. Passive miscellanea (Pmisc); Chapter Four The Neolithic Material (2); Active tools; Introduction; 1. Active cutting edge tools (Acut); Introduction; Raw material; Aspects of manufacture; Technomorphological characteristics; Aspects of use; Epilogue; 2. Active discoidal tools (Adisc); Introduction; Raw material and manufacture; Technomorphological characteristics; Aspects of use; 3. Active rectangular tools (Arect); Introduction; Raw material and manufacture Technomorphological characteristics; ; Aspects of use; 4. Active square or circular tools (Asquare-circ); Introduction; Raw material and manufacture; Technomorphological characteristics; Aspects of use; 5. Active tools used with ends (Aend); Introduction; Raw material and manufacture; Technomorphological characteristics; Aspects of use; 6. Active globular tools (Aglobe); 6.1 Active globular tools with stains (Aglobe-stain); Introduction; Raw material and manufacture; Technomorphological characteristics; Aspects of use; 6.2 Active globular tools without stains (Aglobe-nostain)Introduction; Raw material and manufacture; Technomorphological characteristics; Aspects of use; 7. Active miscellanea (Amisc); Introduction; 7.1 Active miscellanea 1 (Amisc1); 7.2 Active miscellanea 2 (Amisc2); Epilogue; Chapter Five Summary and Conclusions; Raw material; Manufacture; Use and discard; Chronological distribution; Spatial Distribution; REFERENCES; APPENDICES; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; FIGURES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 excavations at Franchthi Cave, Peloponnese, Greece. Approximately 500 tools, the raw material used for their manufacture, as well as the byproducts of such manufacture were found. Most of this collection co