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



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Autore: Stroulia Anna <1966-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Flexible stones [[electronic resource] ] : ground stone tools from Franchthi Cave / / Anna Stroulia Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
Disciplina: 938
Soggetto topico: Excavations (Archaeology) - Greece
Stone implements - Greece
Tools, Prehistoric - Greece
Soggetto geografico: Franchthi Cave (Greece)
Greece Antiquities
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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
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ISBN: 0-253-00142-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456831503321
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Serie: Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece ; ; fasc. 14.