Flexible stones : ground stone tools from Franchthi Cave /

Flexible stones : ground stone tools from Franchthi Cave /

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Author / Creator:Stroulia, Anna, 1966-
Imprint:Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©2010.
Description:xv, 223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Language:English
Series:Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece ; fasc. 14
Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece ; fasc. 14.
Subject:
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece.
Stone implements -- Greece.
Tools, Prehistoric -- Greece.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Stone implements.
Tools, Prehistoric.
Franchthi Cave (Greece)
Greece -- Antiquities.
Greece.
Greece -- Franchthi Cave.
Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11674135
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ISBN:9780253221780
0253221781
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. 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 2. The Pre-Neolithic Material
  • Introduction
  • The Palaeolithic period
  • The Mesolithic period
  • Lower Mesolithic
  • Upper Mesolithic
  • Final Mesolithic
  • Possible Pre-Neolithic specimens
  • Chapter 3. 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 4. 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 (Amisc-1)
  • 7.2. Active miscellanea 2 (Amisc-2)
  • Epilogue
  • Chapter 5. Summary and Conclusions
  • Raw material
  • Manufacture
  • Use and discard
  • Chronological distribution
  • Spatial Distribution
  • References
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A.
  • Appendix B.
  • Appendix C.
  • Figures
  • Index
  • Plates (CD-ROM)

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