Innovation and imitation : stone skeuomorphs of metal from 4th-2nd millennia BC northwest Europe / Catherine Frieman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frieman, Catherine, 1982-

Series:

BAR international series ; 2365.

BAR international series ; 2365

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stone implements--Europe, Western.

Stone implements.

Metal-work, Prehistoric--Europe, Western.

Metal-work, Prehistoric.

Tools, Prehistoric--Europe, Western.

Tools, Prehistoric.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Europe, Western--Antiquities.

Europe, Western.

Western Europe.

Antiquities.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Europe, Western.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Europe, Western.

Physical Description:

229 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2012.

Summary:

"In this study of prehistoric innovation, the author argues that a range of technologies and practices need to be considered in order to place innovation into the pre-existing social and technological systems in which it functioned and to assess the means by which it was accepted and valued. In particular the study focuses on how archaeological interpretations of stone objects and stone-working can help understand the adoption and continued presence of metal and metallurgy in prehistoric Europe. The author compares traditionally identified stone skeuomorphs--that is, meaningful imitations--of metal with their putative prototypes. Three separate corpora of these stone skeuomorphs have been identified: polished stone shafthole axes from the Netherlands and surrounding areas, identified as copies of perforated, copper axes; flint daggers from Jutland, identified as copies of bronze, metal-hilted daggers; and jet spacer-plate ornaments from the British Isles, Ireland and Brittany, identified as copies of hammered gold lunulae."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Skeuomorphism in the archaeological record

A framework for analysis

Temporal, material and social context of the early metal-using era in northwest Europe

Ground stone knob-butted axes

Fishtail flint daggers

Crescentic jet necklaces

Innovation, imitation, metalworking and stone-working in the early metal-using era

Conclusion

Appendix A: Catalogue of ground stone knob-butted axes

Appendix B: Catalogue of fishtail flint daggers

Appendix C: Catalogue of jet bead assemblages with spacer plates

Appendix D: Data collected

Appendix E: Statistical analyses

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-229).

ISBN:

9781407309521

1407309528

OCLC:

795522605