Multiple approaches to the study of bifacial technologies / edited by Marie Soressi and Harold L. Dibble.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Soressi, Marie.

Dibble, Harold Lewis.

University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Series:

University Museum monograph ; 115.

University Museum monograph ; 115

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tools, Prehistoric.

Stone implements.

Projectile points.

Paleolithic period.

Physical Description:

xiv, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, [2003]

Summary:

Bifacial chipped stones have been used by archaeologists to document the evolution of human technology and cognition during the Pleistocene and as index fossils for a myriad of cultures in both the Old World and the New. Bifaces provide some of the most convincing dimensions of stylistic variability observable in stone tool assemblages. With an international cast of contributors, from St. Petersburg to South Carolina, this volume shows how bifacial technology changed through time and according to different environments, complementing the evolution of human cognition and physical abilities. It also addresses how the different technological and social systems of past hunter-gatherers are reflected in bifacial technology, from the earliest African bifaces to North American Woodland projectile points. University Museum Monograph, 115

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1931707421

OCLC:

50002280