212 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Stone tools are the most durable and, in some cases, the only category of material evidence that students of prehistory have at their disposal. Exploring the changing character and context of stone tools in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain, Mark Edmonds examines the varied ways in which these artefacts were caught up in the fabric of past social life. Key themes include:stone tool procurement and... Read more
Chapter 1 Squeezing blood from stones; Chapter 2 Technologies of the Earlier Neolithic; Chapter 3 Contexts for production and exchange in the Earlier Neolithic; Chapter 4 Sermons in stone; Chapter 5 Stone in the age of metal; Chapter 6 The place of stone in Early Bronze Age Britain; Chapter 7 The erosion of stone;
Biography
Edmonds, Mark
