Ancient mines and quarries : a trans-Atlantic perspective / / edited by Margaret Brewer-LaPorta, Adrian Burke and David Field ; peer reviewed by Martyn Barber ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, U.K. ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Disciplina: 622.0901
• Soggetto topico: Mines and mineral resources, Prehistoric
• Altri autori: Brewer-LaPortaMargaret BurkeAdrian L. <1965-> FieldDavid <1950-> BarberMartyn
• Note generali: "This volume derives from a meeting ... held at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Symposium in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2006"--p. [4] of cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-194).
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1. Geoarchaeological Prospecting and Palaeolithic Exploitation Strategiesof the Bajocien Flints in Haut-Quercy, France; 2. Chalosse Type Flint: Exploitation and Distribution of a Lithologic Tracerduring the Upper Palaeolithic, Southern France; 3. Neolithic Axe Quarries and Flint Mines: Towards an Ethnographyof Prehistoric Extraction; 4. Systems of Raw Material Procurement and Supply in the Neolithicof Northern Thrace During the Seventh to Fifth Millennia BC; 5. Conservation of Ancient Stone Quarry Landscapes in Egypt ; 6. Dorset Palaeoeskimo Quarrying Techniques and the Productionof Little Pots at Fleur de Lys, Newfoundland7. Geochemical Signature of Mistassini Quartzite and Ramah ChertArtefacts and Quarries, Québec/Labrador, Canada; 8. Extraction, Reduction, and Production at a Late Paleoindian ChertQuarry in Eastern Québec; 9. Why did Palaeo-Indians select the Sheguiandah site? An Evaluationof Quarrying and Quartzite Material Selection Based on PetrographicAnalysis of Core Artefacts ; 10. The Life and History of Prehistoric Quarry Extraction Tools Excavatedfrom the Skene Motion and Workshop, Hartford Basin, Champlain Valley,New York, USA11. Subsistence Activities at Quarries and Quarry-related Workshops: Testingthe Holmes and Bryan Alternatives with Blades from the Gault Site,Central Texas, USA; 12. The Organisation of Lithic Procurement at Silver Mound, Wisconsin:Source of Hixton Silicified Sandstone; 13. Close to Home? Pipestone Quarry Utilisation in the Mid-continentalUnited States; 14. Pen Pits, New Grange and Progress in the Archaeology of Extraction; References
• Sommario/riassunto: Fourteen papers explore a range of issues relating to prehistoric extraction sites, including ethnography, geochemical signatures, the application of neutron activation analysis, exploitation of erratics, excavation, survey and conservation. Topics include quernstone extraction, use of hammers, stages of extraction, geographical and social contexts, changing social regimes, the ritualised nature of journeys to quarry sites, study of petrofabrics, and the effects of joint and cleavage on quarrying practice. Two contributions are in French with extended summaries in English.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ancient mines and quarries
• ISBN: 1-84217-878-4; 1-299-48503-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828911403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II