LEADER 04676nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910781500003321 005 20230725050618.0 010 $a0-253-00142-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040446 035 $a(EBL)713680 035 $a(OCoLC)735596497 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000536733 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11369510 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536733 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10550285 035 $a(PQKB)11604501 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC713680 035 $a(OCoLC)747411080 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17096 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL713680 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10481722 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040446 100 $a20100806d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFlexible stones$b[electronic resource] $eground stone tools from Franchthi Cave /$fAnna Stroulia 210 $aBloomington, Ind. $cIndiana University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (243 p.) 225 1 $aExcavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece ;$vfasc. 14 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-22178-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 327 $aRaw 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 327 $aRaw 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 327 $a6.2 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 330 $aDespite their ubiquitous presence among prehistoric remains in Greece, ground stone tools have yet to attract the same kind of attention as have other categories of archaeological material, such as pottery or lithics. Flexible Stones provides a detailed analysis of the material discovered during the excavations at Franchthi Cave, Peloponnese, Greece. Approximately 500 tools, the raw material used for their manufacture, as well as the byproducts of such manufacture were found. Most of this collection co 410 0$aExcavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece ;$vfasc. 14. 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zGreece 606 $aGround stone implements$zGreece 606 $aTools, Prehistoric$zGreece 607 $aFranchthi Cave (Greece) 607 $aGreece$xAntiquities 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 615 0$aGround stone implements 615 0$aTools, Prehistoric 676 $a938 700 $aStroulia$b Anna$f1966-$01572374 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781500003321 996 $aFlexible stones$93847272 997 $aUNINA