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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 134
Utgivningsdatum: 1970-01-01
Förlag: University of Texas Press
Illustratör/Fotograf: 20 b&w illus
Illustrationer: 20 b&w illus.
Dimensioner: 229 x 152 x 8 mm
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Antal komponenter: 1
Komponenter: 2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN: 9780292741423

A Manual for Neanderthals

Name: A Manual for Neanderthals
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Author: H Mewhinney
ISBN: 9780292741423

av H Mewhinney

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The story of humanitys earliest days on earth has come down to us chiefly in the tools and weapons early hominids shaped from flint. With these tools, they gained ascendancy over less dexterous beasts and began the slow conquest of their environment. Other records, including their very bones, have largely rotted away, but their tools of flint endure. H. Mewhinney presents A Manual for Neanderthals as a common-sense, down-to-earth study of how flint tools and weapons were madeor for that matter, can still be made by any descendant of Stone Age man. The author first sets the scene with a delightful and informative disquisition on flintflaking and flint-flakers, and then explains clearly and concisely how he and earlier Neanderthals have made flint artifacts, illustrating each step with drawings and photographs. Archeologists and anthropologists will discover in this book a modest but genuine contribution to their fields, while collectors of Indian relics and people who like to tinker with tools and master unusual skills will find it a surprisingly practical guide to an interesting and ancient art. With patience, and with A Manual for Neanderthals at your side, you too can learn to flake flint.

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H. Mewhinney (19041973) was a newspaper reporter and columnist who wrote the column Meeting All Comers for the Houston Post for many years.

Foreword I. Speech, Fire, and Flint II. A Synopsis of the Stone Age III. The Nature of Flint IV. Percussion Flaking: Blade and Core V. Pressure Flaking VI. The Hammer and the Chisel VII. Fire and Wet Straw VIII. A Reconsideration of Blades IX. Barbing and Notching X. Hammerstone and Cutting Edge XI. The Absent-minded Beveler XII. Clovis and Folsom Craftsmanship XIII. The Legend of Ishi XIV. Of Craftsmanship and Homicide XV. Some Beautiful Hypotheses XVI. A Few Thoughts on Fakes XVII. Remembering Boucher de Perthes Reading List Index