The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory : Sourcing, Processing and Distribution.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Chapter Twenty One -- Chapter Twenty Two -- Chapter Twenty Three -- Chapter Twenty Four -- Chapter Twenty Five -- Chapter Twenty Six -- Chapter Twenty Seven -- Chapter Twenty Eight -- Chapter Twenty Nine -- Chapter Thirty -- Chapter Thirty One -- Chapter Thirty Two -- Chapter Thirty Three -- Chapter Thirty Four -- Chapter Thirty Five -- Chapter Thirty Six -- Chapter Thirty Seven -- Chapter Thirty Eight -- Chapter Thirty Nine -- Chapter Forty -- Chapter Forty One -- Chapter Forty Two -- Chapter Forty Three.

This collection presents state-of-the-art approaches to the use of inorganic raw materials in the period known as prehistory. It focuses on stone-tools, adornments, colorants and pottery from Europe, America and Africa. The chapters intimately merge archaeology, anthropology, geology, geography, physics and chemistry to reconstruct past human behaviour, economy, technology, ecology, cognition, territory and social complexity. The book represents a framework of raw material investigation for those working in science, regardless of the time period, region of the world or materials they are studying.

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