Osseous Projectile Weaponry Towards an Understanding of Pleistocene Cultural Variability /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Langley, Michelle C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Civilization > History.; Geobiology.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Cultural studies.; Social Sciences.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Cultural Studies.; Cultural History.; Biogeosciences.

This volume presents the current state of knowledge on the osseous projectile weaponry that was produced by Pleistocene cultures across the globe. Through cross-cultural and temporal comparison of manufacturing methods, design, use methods, and associated technology, chapters in this volume identify...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Late Pleistocene Osseous Projectile Technology and Cultural Variability
• Part 1
• Africa
• Osseous Projectile Weaponry from Early to Late Middle Stone Age Africa
• Bone Point Functional Diversity: A Cautionary Tale from Southern Africa
• Part 2
• Europe
• Early Upper Paleolithic Osseous Points from Croatia
• Spanish Aurignacian Projectile Points: An Example of the First European Paleolithic Hunting Weapons in Osseous Materials
• Projectile Weaponry from the Aurignacian to the Gravettian of the Swabian Jura (Southwest Germany): Raw Materials, Manufacturing and Typology
• Gravettian Projectile Points: Considerations about the Evolution of Osseous Hunting Weapons in France
• Upper Paleolithic Bone and Antler Projectiles in the Spanish Mediterranean Region: The Magdalenian Period
• A Review of the Osseous Projectile Points from the Upper Paleolithic of Portugal
• Diversity and Evolution of Osseous Hunting Equipment during the Magdalenian (21,000 – 14,000 cal. BP)
• Osseous Projectile Points in the Magdalenian: ‘True’ Points versus Pointed Waste-Products
• Part 3
• Southeast Asia & Australia
• Bone Technology in South Asia from Late Pleistocene Cave and Rockshelters of Sri Lanka
• The Walandawe Tradition from Southeast Sulawesi and Osseous Artifact Traditions in Island Southeast Asia
• Bone Projectile Points in Prehistoric Australia: Evidence from Implements, Ethnography, and Rock Art
• Part 4
• The Americas
• A Review of Late Pleistocene North American Bone and Ivory Tools
• Hunter-Gatherers of the Old and New World: Morphological and Functional Comparisons of Osseous Projectile Points.