The exploitation of raw materials in prehistory : sourcing, processing and distribution /
This collection presents state-of-the-art approaches to the use of inorganic raw materials in the period known as prehistory. It focuses on stone-tools, adornments, colorants and pottery from Europe, America and Africa. The chapters intimately merge archaeology, anthropology, geology, geography, phy...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2017.
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| Summary: | This collection presents state-of-the-art approaches to the use of inorganic raw materials in the period known as prehistory. It focuses on stone-tools, adornments, colorants and pottery from Europe, America and Africa. The chapters intimately merge archaeology, anthropology, geology, geography, physics and chemistry to reconstruct past human behaviour, economy, technology, ecology, cognition, territory and social complexity. The book represents a framework of raw material investigation for those working in science, regardless of the time period, region of the world or materials they are study. |
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| Item Description: | This book contains some of the studies presented in the meeting: Raw Materials Exploitation in Prehistory: sourcing, processing and distribution held in March 2016, at the University of Algarve, Portugal. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxx, 626 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781527505230 1527505235 |