Flexible Stones

Ground Stone Tools from Franchthi Cave, Fascicle 14, Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece

AvAnna Stroulia

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

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 comes from the Neolithic component of the site—including a small number of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic cases—with a large number of the studied tools indicating multiple uses. Anna Stroulia sees the multifunctional character of these tools as a conscious choice that reflects a flexible attitude of tool makers and users toward tools and raw materials.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-03-30
Mått:216 x 279 x 13 mm
Vikt:703 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece
Antal sidor:242
Förlag:Indiana University Press
ISBN:9780253221780

Utforska kategorier

Arkeologiska perioder och områden inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Anna Stroulia is an archaeologist and social anthropologist who teaches at the University of Southern Indiana. She is author (with Susan Buck Sutton) of the forthcoming Archaeology in Situ: Sites, Archaeology and Communities in Greece.

Recensioner i media

[This series makes] an exceptional contribution to the hitherto very inadequate knowledge of this period in Greece.(Antiquity)

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Chapter One IntroductionIntroduction to the site and assemblageClassification Describing the materialWhy not a ground stone tool stratigraphy? Tool namesStructure of the studyAbbreviations used in the text Chapter Two The Pre-Neolithic Material IntroductionThe Palaeolithic periodThe Mesolithic period Lower Mesolithic Upper MesolithicFinal MesolithicPossible Pre-Neolithic specimens Chapter Three The Neolithic Material (1)Introduction to the Neolithic periodPassive toolsIntroduction1. Passive open tools (Popen) IntroductionRaw materialAspects of manufactureTechnomorphological characteristics Aspects of use Discussion 2. Passive tools with cavity (Pcav)3. Passive miscellanea (Pmisc)Chapter Four The Neolithic Material (2)Active toolsIntroduction1. Active cutting edge tools (Acut)IntroductionRaw materialAspects of manufactureTechnomorphological characteristics Aspects of useEpilogue2. Active discoidal tools (Adisc)IntroductionRaw material and manufactureTechnomorphological characteristics Aspects of use 3. Active rectangular tools (Arect)IntroductionRaw material and manufactureTechnomorphological characteristics Aspects of use 4. Active square or circular tools (Asquare-circ)IntroductionRaw material and manufactureTechnomorphological characteristics Aspects of use 5. Active tools used with ends (Aend)IntroductionRaw material and manufactureTechnomorphological characteristics Aspects of use 6. Active globular tools (Aglobe)6.1 Active globular tools with stains (Aglobe-stain) IntroductionRaw material and manufactureTechnomorphological characteristics Aspects of use 6.2 Active globular tools without stains (Aglobe-nostain)IntroductionRaw material and manufactureTechnomorphological characteristics Aspects of use 7. Active miscellanea (Amisc)Introduction7.1 Active miscellanea 1 (Amisc-1)7.2 Active miscellanea 2 (Amisc-2)Epilogue Chapter Five Summary and ConclusionsRaw materialManufactureUse and discardChronological distributionSpatial DistributionReferencesAppendixesAppendix AAppendix BAppendix CFiguresIndexPlates (CD-ROM)