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The Lives of Stone Tools Crafting the Status, Skill, and Identity of Flintknappers / Kathryn Weedman Arthur.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Arthur, Kathryn Weedman.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gamo (African people).
Tools--Social aspects--Ethiopia.
Tools.
Flintknapping--Social aspects--Ethiopia.
Flintknapping.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations, photographs
Edition:
1st ed.
Manufacture:
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018
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.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-8165-3828-X
OCLC:
1023552520

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