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The lives of stone tools : crafting the status, skill, and identity of flintknappers / Kathryn Weedman Arthur.
Penn Museum Library TT293 .A78 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arthur, Kathryn Weedman, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Flintknapping--Social aspects--Ethiopia.
- Flintknapping.
- Tools--Social aspects--Ethiopia.
- Tools.
- Gamo (African people).
- Tools--Social aspects.
- Social aspects.
- Ethiopia.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 314 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- "This book offers critical insights into lithic technology and cultural practices concerning stone tools"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. The history of craft-specialization and knapping without prestige in the Gamo highlands
- Chapter 2. A Boreda ontology of technology
- Chapter 3. Yella: the birth of knappable stone in a caste society
- Chapter 4. Katsara and bulacha: learning to circumcise and engage stone tools
- Chapter 5. Dume and sofe: rest and death in leatherworkers' households
- Chapter 6. The lives of stone tools.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780816537136
- 0816537135
- OCLC:
- 1007506911
- Publisher Number:
- 99976504392
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