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.

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

• 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)

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.

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

• 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)