Neolithic stone extraction in Britain and Europe : an ethnoarchaeological perspective /

This new title in the acclaimed Prehistoric Society Research Papers series focuses on the introduction of Neolithic extraction practices across Europe through to the Atlantic periphery of Britain and Ireland. The key research questions are when and why these practices were adopted, and what role ext...

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Auteur principal: Topping, Peter (Auteur)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books 2021.
Collection:Prehistoric Society research paper ; no. 12.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv24q4z72
Table des matières:
  • Setting the scene : the Mesolithic prelude and first contact Neolithic
  • The ethnography of lithic extraction
  • Ethnographic snapshots of traditional extraction practices
  • The archaeology of lithic extraction
  • An ethnoarchaeological analysis of Neolithic extraction sites in Britain and Ireland
  • The products : an ethnoarchaeological analysis of lithic objects from extraction sites
  • Neolithic extraction : a pan European phenomenon
  • Neolithic stone extraction in Britain and Europe
  • Appendix. References to excavation reports and archives, listed alphabetically by site.