Stone Axe Studies III
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Stone Axe Studies III

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Stone Axe Studies III

About this book

This volume builds upon the model of the first Stone Axe Studies volume published in 1979. It explores how scholars from various parts of the world currently approach these distinctive items. Some papers are united by specific material, such as those working on Jadeite axe blades in western and Central Europe. For others, the link is analytical (e.g., the development of new geochemical techniques), contextual (e.g., work on techniques of hafting or on patterns of deposition) or conceptual (e.g., the uses made of ethno-historic and related models). Taken together, they document the state of the art in stone axe research in Britain and abroad, at the same time providing a much needed basis for comparative study and for debate regarding analytical and interpretative issues.

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Information

Publisher
Oxbow Books
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9781842175965
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Introduction
  3. Chapter 1 The experienced axe. Chronology, conditionand context of TRB-axes in western Norway
  4. Chapter 2 The Nøstvet Axe
  5. Chapter 3 The evolution of Neolithic and Chalcolithicwoodworking tools and the intensificationof human production: axes, adzes and chiselsfrom the Southern Levant
  6. Chapter 4 Eclogite or jadeitite: The two colours involved inthe transfer of alpine axeheads in western Europe
  7. Chapter 5 Power tools: Symbolic considerations ofstone axe production and exchange in19th century south-eastern Australia
  8. Chapter 6 Social and economic organisation of stone axeproduction and distribution in the westernMediterranean
  9. Chapter 7 The felsite quarries of North Roe, Shetland– An overview
  10. Chapter 8 Misty mountain hop: Prehistoric stone workingin south-west Wales
  11. Chapter 9 Production and diffusion of axesin the Seine valley
  12. Chapter 10 A time and place for the Belmont Hoard
  13. Chapter 11 The prehistoric axe factory at Sanganakallu-Kupgal (Bellary District), southern India
  14. Chapter 12 The ritual use of axes
  15. Chapter 13 Primary and secondary raw material preferencesin the production of Neolithic polished stone toolsin northwest Turkey
  16. Chapter 14 Stone-working traditions in the prehistoricAegean: The production and consumptionof edge tools at Late Neolithic Makriyalos
  17. Chapter 15 The Mynydd Rhiw quarry site:Recent work and its implications
  18. Chapter 16 Graig Lwyd (Group VII) assemblages fromParc Bryn Cegin, Llandygai, Gwynedd, Wales– analysis and interpretation
  19. Chapter 17 Neolithic polished stone axes and haftingsystems: Technical use and social functionat the Neolithic lakeside settlements ofChalain and Clairvaux
  20. Chapter 18 A potential axe factory near Hyssington, Powys:Survey and excavation 2007–08
  21. Chapter 19 Does size matter? Stone axes from Orkney:their style and deposition
  22. Chapter 20 Neolithic ground axe-heads and monumentsin Wessex
  23. Chapter 21 The twentieth-century polished stone axeheadsof New Guinea: why study them?
  24. Chapter 22 Neolithic near-identical twins:The ambivalent relationship between‘factory’ rock and polished stone implements
  25. Chapter 23 Flint axes, ground stone axes and “battle axes”of the Copper Age in the Eastern Balkans(Romania, Bulgaria)
  26. Chapter 24 Stone axes in the Bohemian Eneolithic:Changing forms, context and social significance
  27. Chapter 25 Changing contexts, changing meanings:Flint axes in Middle and Late Neolithiccommunities in the northern Netherlands
  28. Chapter 26 Old friends, new friends, a long-lost friendand false friends: Tales from Projet JADE
  29. Chapter 27 The Irish Stone Axe Project:Reviewing progress, future prospects