ISBN:
9781461420033
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XII, 540p. 184 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T.
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Geology
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Archaeology
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Geology
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Archaeology
Abstract:
Pierre M. Desrosiers
Abstract:
Human development is a long and steady process that began with stone tool making. Because of this skill, humans were able to adapt to climate changes, discover new territories, and invent new technologies. 'Pressure knapping' isthe common term forone methodof creating stone tools, where a larger device or blade specifically made for this purpose is use to press out the stone tool. Pressure knapping was invented in different locations and at different points in time, representing the adoption of the Neolithic way of life in the Old world. Recent research on pressure knapping has led for the first time to a global thesis on this technique. The contributors to this seminal work combine research findings on pressure knapping from different cultures around the globe todevelope a cohesive theory. Thiscontributions to this volumerepresents a significant development to research on pressure knapping, as well as the field of lithic studies in general. This work will be an important reference for anyone studying the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods, lithic studies, technologies, and more generally, cultural transmission.
Description / Table of Contents:
Part1: History of Research; Chapter 1: Introduction: Breaking Stones Without Striking Them; 1.1 The Study of Pressure Techniques; 1.2 Contributions in Honor of Tixier and Inizan; 1.3 Pressure Blade Making: From Origin to Modern Experimentation; 1.4 Toward a Global Understanding of Pressure Techniques; References; Chapter 2: Pressure Débitage in the Old World: Forerunners, Researchers, Geopolitics - Handing on the Baton; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Recognition of Pressure Débitage in the Old World; 2.2.1 The Lithic Technology Symposium of Les Eyzies (France); 2.2.2 Method and Technique
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2.2.3 Technology and Experimentation2.3 The Significance of the Identification of Pressure Débitage in the Capsian; 2.4 From North Africa to Mesopotamia; 2.5 Mehrgarh and Central Asia; 2.6 Pressure Débitage in the Upper Paleolithic of Continental Asia; 2.6.1 The "Microblade Culture Tradition"; 2.6.2 The Invention and Origin of Pressure Débitage; 2.7 Pressure Débitage as Evidence of Mobility; 2.7.1 Migrating into Northern Europe: Sujala in Lapland; 2.7.2 Migrating into the Japanese Archipelago; 2.8 The "Microblade Tradition" in Japan; 2.8.1 Japan's Earliest Inhabitants
Description / Table of Contents:
2.8.2 Pressure Débitage and the Yubetsu Method2.8.3 The Yubetsu Method; 2.8.4 Other Methods; 2.8.5 Some Production Techniques; 2.8.6 The Chronology of Bladelet Débitage : Northern Japan (Hokkaido); 2.8.7 The Chronology of Bladelet Débitage : Southern Japan (Kyushu); 2.9 Discussion and Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Stoneworkers' Approaches to Replicating Prismatic Blades; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A History of Mesoamerican Blade Experiments; 3.2.1 The Speculative Prelude to Replication Experiments; 3.2.2 Blade Experiments Before Crabtree
Description / Table of Contents:
3.2.3 Don Crabtree: Mesoamerican Obsidian Polyhedral Cores and Prismatic Blades3.2.4 Jacques Tixier: Flint and Obsidian Pressure Blades; 3.2.5 Payson Sheets and Guy Muto: Obsidian Pressure Blades and Cutting Edge; 3.2.6 J. B. Sollberger and Leland W. Patterson: Flint Prismatic Blades and Microblades; 3.2.7 John Clark: Mesoamerican Obsidian Cores and Blades; 3.2.8 Pierre-Jean Texier: Pressure Blademaking and Fracture Mechanics; 3.2.9 Bo Madsen: Danish Flint Blades; 3.2.10 Katsuhiko Ohnuma: Detaching Microblades; 3.2.11 Dan Healan and Janet Kerley: Core Immobilization and "Counterflaking"
Description / Table of Contents:
3.2.12 Errett Callahan: Flint Danish Microcores3.2.13 Jacques Pelegrin: Handling and Working Cores of All Shapes and Sizes; 3.2.14 Jeffrey Flenniken: Flint and Obsidian Microcores; 3.2.15 Eugene Gryba: Chert Microblades; 3.2.16 P. V. Volkov and E. Iou Guiria: Long Blades with Lever Pressure; 3.2.17 Philip Wilke and Leslie Quintero: Naviform and Microblade Cores; 3.2.18 Andrei Tabarev: Wedge-Shaped Microcores and Holding Devices; 3.2.19 Marc Hintzman: Mesoamerican Microblades; 3.2.20 Peter Kelterborn: Blading by Double-Lever Machine; 3.2.21 Gene Titmus: Mexica Blading with Wooden Tools
Description / Table of Contents:
3.2.22 Greg Nunn: The Blade Spectrum
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-2003-3
