Prehistoric Stone Tools of Eastern Africa

Prehistoric Stone Tools of Eastern Africa

Author: John J. Shea

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-04-16

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1108424430

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A detailed overview of the Eastern African stone tools that make up the world's longest archaeological record.


Stone Tools in Human Evolution

Stone Tools in Human Evolution

Author: John J. Shea

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1107123097

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An exploration of how the evolution of behavioral differences between humans and other primates affected the archaeological stone tool evidence.


The Oldowan

The Oldowan

Author: Kathy Diane Schick

Publisher: Stone Age Institute Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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The earliest traces of proto-human technology emerged over 2.5 million years ago on the African continent. Called the Oldowan after the famous site of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, these technologies herald a major evolutionary shift in the human lineage. The Oldowan: Case Studies into the Earliest Stone Age provides a critical look at early archaeological sites and their evidence. This volume also shows how a range of probing, multidisciplinary, experimental investigations - including experimental tool-making, comparative studies of ape technologies, biomechanical analysis, and PET studies of brain activity - help us evaluate this tantalizing prehistoric evidence and appreciate its relevance to human evolution.


The Lives of Stone Tools

The Lives of Stone Tools

Author: Kathryn Weedman Arthur

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2018-04-24

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0816537135

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"This book offers critical insights into lithic technology and cultural practices concerning stone tools"--Provided by publisher.


Stone Tools and Fossil Bones

Stone Tools and Fossil Bones

Author: Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-03-26

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1107022924

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International archaeologists examine early Stone Age tools and bones to present the most holistic view to date of the archaeology of human origins.


Lithic Technology

Lithic Technology

Author: William Andrefsky, Jr

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-09-01

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780521888271

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The life history of stone tools is intimately liked to tool production, use, and maintenance. These are important processes in the organization of lithic technology or the manner in which lithic technology is embedded within human organizational strategies of land use and subsistence practices. This volume brings together essays that measure the life history of stone tools relative to retouch values, raw material constraints, and evolutionary processes. Collectively, they explore the association of technological organization with facets of tool form such as reduction sequences, tool production effort, artifact curation processes, and retouch measurement. Data sets cover a broad geographic and temporal span, including examples from France during the Paleolithic, the Near East during the Neolithic, and other regions such as Mongolia, Australia, and Italy. North American examples are derived from Paleoindian times to historic period aboriginal populations throughout the United States and Canada.


Not Just a Corridor

Not Just a Corridor

Author: Collectif

Publisher: Publications scientifiques du Muséum

Published: 2022-01-20

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 2856539327

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The end of the Pleistocene (c. 75-15 ka) is a key period for the prehistory of the Nile Valley. The climatic fluctuations documented during this period have led human populations from the Middle and Late Palaeolithic to adapt to a changing Nile. In particular, the global shift to more arid conditions regionally translated into the expansion of the Sahara, the lowering of sea levels and the desiccation of some major eastern African lakes. These climatically-induced environmental changes influenced the behaviour of the Nile —although how exactly is still debated— and its role as an ecological refugium for human populations living in its vicinity. Genetic and fossil evidence highlight a strong population substructure in Africa during this period, suggesting the alternation of phases of major dispersals of modern humans within the continent, as well as out-of and back-into Africa, with phases of relative isolation of populations, which might be linked to the creation of environmental refugia during the climatic fluctuations of this period. Understanding to what extent the technological variability observed in north-eastern Africa between 75,000 and 15,000 years ago is linked to environmental changes and/or possible contacts between different human populations is critical in this context. The best-preserved evidence for past human behavior are archaeological assemblages, most often lithic assemblages. However, the use of different terminologies, whether they refer to cultural or techno-typological entities, hampers any systematic comparison between the Nile Valley on one hand and neighbouring regions on the other hand. An outcome of this practice is the artificial ‘isolation’ of the north-eastern African record from its neighbouring regions. This monograph groups together chapters presenting updated reviews and new data on regional archaeological, palaeoenvironmental, palaeoanthropological and geological records from north-eastern Africa, North Africa, the Levant and eastern Africa for the period ranging from 75,000 to 15,000 years ago. While north-eastern Africa, and the Nile Valley in particular, is generally considered as one of the main possible routes of migrations out of Africa, few recent studies allow the data from this region to be viewed from a macro-regional perspective. This book allows the exploration of topical issues, such as modern humans’ capacity for adaptation, particularly in the context of climate change, as well as population interactions and human dispersals in the past, taking a multidisciplinary approach.


The First Africans

The First Africans

Author: Lawrence Barham

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-06-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0521847966

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A synthesis of the record left by Africa's earliest inhabitants combining archaeology, genetics and palaeo-environmental science.


Stone Axe Studies III

Stone Axe Studies III

Author: Vin Davis

Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited

Published: 2022-05-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781789258080

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This book builds upon the model of the first volume published in 1979. It explores how scholars from various parts of the world currently approach these distinctive items.