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This book includes papers from the session 'Non-Flint Raw Material Use in Prehistory: Old prejudices and new directions' (Vol. 11, Session C77) presented at the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006).

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Author:   Laurent-Jacques Costa ,  Lotte Eigeland ,  Farina Sternke
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Volume:   11
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.073kg
ISBN:  

9781407304199

ISBN 10:   1407304194
Pages:   269
Publication Date:   05 May 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Language:   Papers in English and French

Table of Contents

"1) The Scar Identification of Lithic Quartz Industries (Arturo de Lombera Hermida); 2) Reflections on Prismatic Blades - The Terminology of Blades and Classification of Lithic Artefacts in Central Sweden (Per Falkenström); 3) Approche comportementale du Magdalénien d'après l'étude techno-fonctionnelle de l'outillage lithique hors silex. La grotte de Bourrouilla (Arancou, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France) (Loïc Daulny & Morgane Dachary); 4) Petrographical composition and provenance of Neolithic Black stone artefacts in the collection of the Museum der Kulturen in Basel and in archaeological excavations near the shoreline of Lake Neuchâtel Switzerland (Inge Diethelm); 5) Instrumental Methods of Obsidian Characterization and Prehistoric Obsidian Provenance Studies: the current status (Gérard Poupeau, François-X. Le Bourdonnec, Sarah Delerue, Stephan Dubernet, Rosa B. Scorzelli & Mathieu Duttine); 6) Functional analysis of macro-lithic artefacts: a focus on working surfaces (Jenny Adams, Selina Delgado, Laure Dubreuil, Caroline Hamon, Hugues Plisson & RobertoRisch); 7) The rock that rocks the rock - An experimental study with hammerstones (Elin Hansen & Lotte Eigeland); 8) Lithic Raw Material Variability and Use-wear Accrual on Short-term Use Implements: An Example from Northwestern New Mexico (Harry Lerner); 9) Formation of use-wear traces in non-flint rocks: the case of quartzite and rhyolite. Differences and similarities (Ignacio Clemente Conte & Juan F. Gibaja Bao); 10) A functional comparison of Be?ov quartzite and flint tools: preliminary results (Petra Priorová, Linda Hroníková & Andrea Sajnerová-Dusková); 11) Approche fonctionnelle des tessons à bords abrasés du site néolithique ancien de Kova?evo (6200-5500 avant J.-C., Bulgarie) (Julien Vieugué); 12) Quinzano and Rivoli - two Middle Neolithic sitesin the Adige Valley (Verona, North-eastern Italy): lithic choices and functional aspects of the non-flint stone implements (Anna Lunardi); 13) Les râpes Baniwa et Wai Wai, derniers instruments de pierre taillé indigènes d'Amérique du Sud (André Prous, Jorge Manuel Costa e Souza, Filipe Amorelli, Marcio Alonso, Ana Carolina Rodriguez Cunha & Angelo Pessoa Lima); 14) Matières premières ""alternatives"" dans le Brésil central: quartz, quartzite, agate et hématite (André Prous, Andrei Isnardis, Ângelo Pessoa Lima, Marcio Alonso, Henrique Pilo & Maria Clara Migliacio); 15) Pitted and grinding stones from Middle Palaeolithic settlements in Bohemia: a functional study (Andrea Sajnerová-Dusková, Jan Fridrich & Ivana Sýkorová); 16) Le site magdalénien Final d'Etigny le Brassot (Yonne, France) : Un exemple d'utilisation des roches non taillées pour le Tardiglaciaire du bassin Parisien (Gaëlle Dumarçay); 17) The use of non-flint raw materials by Paleoindians in Eastern South America: A Brazilian perspective (Astolfo Gomes de Mello Araujo & Francisco Pugliese); 18) Lithic industries and raw material in Southern Italy Mousterian: an example from the Grotta dei Giganti (Salento, Apulia) (Enza Spinapolice); 19) The First Obsidian Workshop at the Polish Lowland - a Technological and Microwear Study (Malgorzata Winiarska-Kabacinska & Jacek Kabacinski); 20) Mesolithic quartz quarrying in Eastern Middle Sweden - In the light of a quarry excavated at Stjärneberg, Linköping (Fredrik Molin, Magnus Rolöf & Roger Wikell); 21) Obsidian Economy in the Rio Saboccu Open-Air Early Neolithic Site (Sardinia, Italy) (Carlo Lugliè, François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec, Gérard Poupeau, Consuelo Congia, Thomas Calligaro, Ignazio Sanna & Stéphan Duberne); 22) The use of quartzite as a chrono-cultural marker in the Mesolithic of the Low Countries (Yves Perdaen, Philippe Crombé & Joris Sergant); 23) Quartz and other knapped raw materials of the Sou"

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