The Emergence of Pressure Blade Making From Origin to Modern Experimentation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Desrosiers, Pierre M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Geology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.

The evolution of humanity has been a long and steady process in which stone tool technology played a prominent role for the bulk of human history. Through advancements in lithic technology, humans were able to adapt to different climates, colonize new territories, and produce new inventions. One imp...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: History of Research on Pressure Knapping
• Part 2: Pressure Knapping in the World
• Africa
• Europe
• Asia and the Arctic World
• Mesoamerica
• Part 3: Recent Advances in Experimentation.