A01=Jennie R. Ebeling
A01=Yorke M. Rowan
artifacts
assemblage
Author_Jennie R. Ebeling
Author_Yorke M. Rowan
bab
Bab Edh Dhra
Basalt Bowls
Basalt Vessels
Basaltic Artifacts
Camel Site
Category=NK
Cuddie Springs
edh-dhra
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
Great Basin
grinding
Grinding Slabs
Grinding Stones
ground
Ground Stone
Ground Stone Artifacts
Ground Stone Assemblages
Ground Stone Implements
Ground Stone Objects
Ground Stone Technologies
Ground Stone Tools
Kerak Plateau
Late Bronze Age
levant
Milling Stone
Milling Stones
Polishing Stones
slab
southern
Southern Levant
Stone Vases
Stone Vessels
tools
Western Anatolia
Product details
- ISBN 9781138664319
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 21 Jan 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Ground stone artefacts were widely used in food production in prehistory. However, the archaeological community has widely neglected the dataset of ground stone artefacts until now. 'New Approaches to Old Stones' offers a theoretical and methodological analysis of the archaeological data pertaining to ground stone tools. The essays draw on a range of case studies - from the Levant, Egypt, Crete, Anatolia, Mexico and North America - to examine ground stone technologies. From medieval Islamic stone cooking vessels and late Minoan stone vases, to the use of stone in ritual and as a symbol of luxury, 'New Approaches to Old Stones' offers a radical reassessment of the impact of ground-stone artefacts on technological change, production and exchange.
Yorke M. Rowan is Research Associate in the Archaeology of the Southern Levant with the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.
Jennie R. Ebeling is Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Evansville, Indiana.
