The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution
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| Title: | The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution |
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| Description: | 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 studying. |
| Authors: | Xavier Terradas Batlle, Editor, Telmo Pereira, Editor |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Archaeology--Methodology, Archaeology |
| Categories: | HISTORY / Ancient / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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 studying. |
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| ISBN: | 9781443895972 9781527505230 |
