L'outillage Lithique en Contextes Ethnoarchéologiques = Lithic Toolkits in Ethnoarchaeological Contexts

Arguing that flint tools alone reveal little about prehistoric societies, these eight papers use ethnological data to reconstruct the cultural, economic and social context of these tools. Taken from Symposium 1.4 at the XIVth UISPP Congress held at Liege in 2001, the papers consider evidence largely from sites in South America, Australia and Africa, looking at lithic material as well as associated evidence, such as worked bone, leather and grinding stones. This material is used to assess prehistoric hunting strategies, knapping procedures, the reasons for the use-wear of lithics and the opportunistic working of tools. Six papers in English, the rest are French; English abstracts.Terradas, Xavier is the author of 'L'outillage Lithique en Contextes Ethnoarchéologiques = Lithic Toolkits in Ethnoarchaeological Contexts', published 2005 under ISBN 9781841718125 and ISBN 1841718122.