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Flint in Focus: Lithic Biographies in the Neolithic and Bronze Age - Softcover

Gijn, Annelou Van

 
9789088900334: Flint in Focus: Lithic Biographies in the Neolithic and Bronze Age
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9088900337 ISBN 13: 9789088900334
Publisher: Sidestone Press, 2009

Synopsis

The biographies of flint objects reveal their various and changing roles in prehistoric life. Using raw material sourcing, technological analysis, experimental archaeology, microwear and residue studies the author tells the story of flint from the Early Neolithic to its virtual demise in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, incorporating data from settlements, burials and hoards from the region of the present-day Netherlands. This richly illustrated book shows the way flint functioned in daily life, how simple domestic tools became ritualized, how flint was used to negotiate change and how the biography of flint objects was related to personhood. "Expert, thorough and readable. Prehistorians everywhere will find it relevant and insightful" - John Whittaker (Grinnell College) "The book we have been waiting for. Flint in Focus puts the uses of stone at the heart of a biographical approach to Neolithic and Bronze Age lithics. With a wealth of insights on the practical and social significance of stone and stoneworking, this groundbreaking study is a model of integrated research." - Mark Edmonds (University of York)

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About the Author

Prof. dr. Annelou van Gijn is professor of Archaeological Material Culture and Artefact Studies at Leiden University and studied anthropology and archaeology at Washington State University Pullman (US) and the University of Groningen. She obtained her PhD at Leiden University. Her teaching and research focus on prehistoric technology, ancient crafts, experimentation and the reconstruction of the cultural biography of objects, topics on which she published widely.

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The biographies of flint objects reveal their various and changing roles in prehistoric life. Using raw material sourcing, technological analysis, experimental archaeology, microwear and residue studies the author tells the story of flint from the Early Neolithic to its virtual demise in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, incorporating data from settlements, burials and hoards from the region of the present-day Netherlands. This richly illustrated book shows the way flint functioned in daily life, how simple domestic tools became ritualized, how flint was used to negotiate change and how the biography of flint objects was related to personhood. "Expert, thorough and readable. Prehistorians everywhere will find it relevant and insightful" - John Whittaker (Grinnell College) "The book we have been waiting for. Flint in Focus puts the uses of stone at the heart of a biographical approach to Neolithic and Bronze Age lithics. With a wealth of insights on the practical and social significance of stone and stoneworking, this groundbreaking study is a model of integrated research." - Mark Edmonds (University of York)

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Publisher
Sidestone Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9088900337
ISBN 13 
9789088900334
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
314