From Mine to User
Title | From Mine to User PDF eBook |
Author | International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences. World Congress |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Europe |
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From Mine to User: Production and Procurement Systems of Siliceous Rocks in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age
Title | From Mine to User: Production and Procurement Systems of Siliceous Rocks in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age PDF eBook |
Author | Françoise Bostyn |
Publisher | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 2021-02-25 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1789697123 |
Presents papers from Parts 1 and 2 of Session XXXIII of the 18th UISPP World Congress (Paris, June 2018). The first part, 'Siliceous rocks: procurement and distribution systems', looks at production systems and the diffusion of mining products, while the second, 'Flint mines and chipping floors...', focuses on knapping activities.
Prehistoric Flint Mines in Europe
Title | Prehistoric Flint Mines in Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Françoise Bostyn |
Publisher | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 522 |
Release | 2023-11-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1803272228 |
This volume offers a review of major flint mines dating from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. The 18 articles were contributed by archaeologists from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, using the same framework to propose a uniform view of the mining phenomenon.
Neolithic Stone Extraction in Britain and Europe
Title | Neolithic Stone Extraction in Britain and Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Topping |
Publisher | Oxbow Books |
Pages | 309 |
Release | 2021-12-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1789257069 |
This book focuses on the introduction of Neolithic extraction practices across Europe through to the Atlantic periphery of Britain and Ireland. The key research questions are when and why were these practices adopted and what role did extraction sites play in Neolithic society. Neolithic mines and quarries have frequently been seen as fulfilling roles linked to the expansion of the Neolithic economy. However, this ignores the fact that many communities chose to selectively dig for certain types of stone in preference to others and why the products from these sites were generally deposited in special places such as wetlands. To address this question, 168 near-global ethnographic studies were analyzed to identify common trends in traditional extraction practices to produce robust statistics about their motivations and material signatures. Repeated associations emerged between storied locations, the organization of extraction practices, long-distance distribution of products, and the material evidence such activities left behind. This suggests that we can now probably identify mythologized/storied sites, seasonality, ritualized extraction, and the use-life of extraction site products. The ethnographic model was tested against data from 223 near-global archaeological extraction sites, which confirmed a similar patterning in both material records. It was used to analyze the social context of 79 Neolithic flint mine and 51 axe quarry excavations in Britain and Ireland and to review their European origins. The evidence that emerges confirms the pivotal role played by Neolithic extraction practices in European Neolithization and that the interaction of indigenous foragers with migrant miners/farmers was fundamental to the adoption of the new agropastoral lifestyle.
Mining and Quarrying in Neolithic Europe
Title | Mining and Quarrying in Neolithic Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Teather |
Publisher | Oxbow Books |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 2019-06-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1789251494 |
The social processes involved in acquiring flint and stone in the Neolithic began to be considered over thirty years ago, promoting a more dynamic view of past extraction processes. Whether by quarrying, mining or surface retrieval, the geographic source locations of raw materials and their resultant archaeological sites have been approached from different methodological and theoretical perspectives. In recent years this has included the exploration of previously undiscovered sites, refined radiocarbon dating, comparative ethnographic analysis and novel analytical approaches to stone tool manufacture and provenancing. The aim of this volume in the Neolithic Studies Group Papers is to explore these new findings on extraction sites and their products. How did the acquisition of raw materials fit into other aspects of Neolithic life and social networks? How did these activities merge in creating material items that underpinned cosmology, status and identity? What are the geographic similarities, constraints and variables between the various raw materials, and how does the practise of stone extraction in the UK relate to wider extractive traditions in northwestern Europe? Eight papers address these questions and act as a useful overview of the current state of research on the topic.
Siliceous Rocks and Prehistory
Title | Siliceous Rocks and Prehistory PDF eBook |
Author | Christophe Delage |
Publisher | British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Social Science |
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The published evidence on lithic raw material procurement in prehistoric times that has been gathered since the nineteenth century is presented in many languages, and is available in both local and international journals. Nowadays, it appears quite overwhelming, almost impossible, to grasp the full extent of research regarding this topic. Publications on methodological grounds or on the synthesis of specific geographical areas have inevitably provided limited scope for reflection and discussion. This volume offers a reference that can provide the 'raw material' for scholars interested in furthering their understanding of prehistoric economic strategies of lithic procurement and exploitation. It is the result of several years collecting bibliographical references. Publications ranging from a simple mention of a few raw materials present at a specific site to detailed studies of lithic sourcing and procurement strategies or the geo-archaeological assessment of chert available in a particular region, have been taken into consideration.
Stone Tools & Society
Title | Stone Tools & Society PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Edmonds |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 211 |
Release | 2012-11-12 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1135123209 |
Stone tools are the most durable and, in some cases, the only category of material evidence that students of prehistory have at their disposal. Exploring the changing character and context of stone tools in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain, Mark Edmonds examines the varied ways in which these artefacts were caught up in the fabric of past social life. Key themes include:stone tool procurement and production * the nature of technological traditions * stone tools and social identity * the nature of exchange and the significance of depositional practices. As well as contributing to current debate about the interpretation of material culture, Dr. Edmonds uses the evidence of stone tools to reconsider some of the major horizons of change in later British prehistory.From the production of tools at spectacularly located quarries to their ceremonial burial or destruction at ritual monuments, this well-illustrated study demonstrates that our understanding of these varied and sometimes enigmatic artefacts requires a concern with their social, as well as their practical dimensions.