Osseous projectile weaponry : towards an understanding of Pleistocene cultural variability /: towards an understanding of Pleistocene cultural variability. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michelle C. Langley.
• Editors: Langley, Michelle C (Michelle Claire), 1985-
• Contents: Foreword: Invention, Innovation, and Creative Imagination ; Originally: An€Invention; Later: Multiple Innovations; Creative Imagination; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Late Pleistocene Osseous Projectile Technology and€Cultural Variability; Introduction; Archaeological Perspectives on€Cultural Variability; Issues and€Challenges in€Osseous Projectile Weaponry Research; An Overview of€Late Pleistocene Osseous Projectile Weaponry; Conclusion; References; Part I: Africa; Chapter 2: Osseous Projectile Weaponry from€Early to€Late Middle Stone Age Africa; Introduction. Osseous Projectile Technologies Discussion; References; Chapter 3: Bone Point Functional Diversity: A€Cautionary Tale from€Southern Africa; Introduction; Background; Equating Form with€Function; Methods; Use-Trace Indicators of€Bone Point Functional Diversity; Conclusion; References; Part II: Europe; Chapter 4: Early Upper Paleolithic Osseous Points from€Croatia; Introduction; Sites; Vindija; Site Location and€History of€Excavations; Stratigraphy, Chronology, and€Hominins; Lithic Industries; Osseous Industry; Velika Pecína; Site Location and€History of€Excavations. Stratigraphy, Chronology and€Hominins Lithic Industries; Osseous Industry; Bukovac Pećina; Site Location and€History of€Excavations; The Osseous Point; Šandalja II; Site Location and€History of€Excavations; Stratigraphy and€Chronology; Lithic Industries; Osseous Industry; Discussion; References; Chapter 5: Spanish Aurignacian Projectile Points: An€Example of€the€First European Paleolithic Hunting Weapons in€Osseous Materials; Introduction; The Raw Material for€Hunting Equipment Manufacture; Antler Weaponry Production. Getting the€Blanks: A€New Way to€Transform the€Osseous Raw Material Transforming Blanks into Projectile Points; Split-Based Points; Morphometric Design; Split-Based Point Maintenance; Some Considerations on€Hafting and€Launching Modes; Simple-Based Points; Morphometrical Features of€a€Heterogeneous Assemblage; Spears Points Without€Evidence for€Resharpening and€Reshaping; Some Considerations by€Way of€Summary and€Conclusion; Deer Antler Working: 'Complex' Transformation of€an€Osseous Raw Material; Technological Data for€an€(In)homogeneous European Aurignacian. The Invention of€Split-Based Points and€Their Role in€the€Adaptation of€First European H. sapiens During€the€Heinrich 4 Climatic Event: Research Perspectives on€Aurignacian Osseous WeaponsReferences; Chapter 6: Projectile Weaponry from€the€Aurignacian to€the€Gravettian of€the€Swabian Jura (Southwest Germany): Raw Materials, Manufacturing and€Typology; Introduction; Research History of€the€Swabian Jura; Materials and€Methods; Middle Paleolithic Points; Aurignacian Points; Massive-Base Bone Points; Split-Base Points; Ivory Points; Gravettian Points.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 623.4/41; Weapons, Ancient; HISTORY -- Military -- Weapons; Weapons, Ancient; Social Sciences; Archaeology; Anthropology; Regional and Cultural Studies; Cultural Studies; Cultural History; Biogeosciences; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789402408997; 9402408991
• Related ISBNs: 9789402408973; 9402408975
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 6, 2017).
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