Ancient mines and quarries [[electronic resource] ] : a trans-Atlantic perspective / / edited by Margaret Brewer-LaPorta, Adrian Burke and David Field ; peer reviewed by Martyn Barber ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, U.K. ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
Disciplina | 622.0901 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Brewer-LaPortaMargaret
BurkeAdrian L. <1965-> FieldDavid <1950-> BarberMartyn |
Soggetto topico | Mines and mineral resources, Prehistoric |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-84217-878-4
1-299-48503-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462715403321 |
Oxford, U.K. ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2010 | ||
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Ancient mines and quarries [[electronic resource] ] : a trans-Atlantic perspective / / edited by Margaret Brewer-LaPorta, Adrian Burke and David Field ; peer reviewed by Martyn Barber ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, U.K. ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
Disciplina | 622.0901 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Brewer-LaPortaMargaret
BurkeAdrian L. <1965-> FieldDavid <1950-> BarberMartyn |
Soggetto topico | Mines and mineral resources, Prehistoric |
ISBN |
1-84217-878-4
1-299-48503-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786219603321 |
Oxford, U.K. ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2010 | ||
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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.] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, U.K. ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
Disciplina | 622.0901 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Brewer-LaPortaMargaret
BurkeAdrian L. <1965-> FieldDavid <1950-> BarberMartyn |
Soggetto topico | Mines and mineral resources, Prehistoric |
ISBN |
1-84217-878-4
1-299-48503-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828911403321 |
Oxford, U.K. ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2010 | ||
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