Stone axe studies III

This volume builds upon the model of the first Stone Axe Studies volume published in 1979. It explores how scholars from various parts of the world currently approach these distinctive items. Some papers are united by specific material, such as those working on Jadeite axe blades in western and Central Europe. For others, the link is analytical (e.g., the development of new geochemical techniques), contextual (e.g., work on techniques of hafting or on patterns of deposition) or conceptual (e.g., the uses made of ethno-historicand related models). Taken together, they document the state of the.

Cover; Introduction; Chapter 1 The experienced axe. Chronology, conditionand context of TRB-axes in western Norway; Chapter 2 The Nøstvet Axe; Chapter 3 The evolution of Neolithic and Chalcolithicwoodworking tools and the intensificationof human production: axes, adzes and chiselsfrom the Southern Levant; Chapter 4 Eclogite or jadeitite: The two colours involved inthe transfer of alpine axeheads in western Europe; Chapter 5 Power tools: Symbolic considerations ofstone axe production and exchange in19th century south-easternAustralia.

Chapter 13 Primary and secondary raw material preferencesin the production of Neolithic polished stone toolsin northwest TurkeyChapter 14 Stone-working traditions in the prehistoricAegean: The production and consumptionof edge tools at Late Neolithic Makriyalos; Chapter 15 The Mynydd Rhiw quarry site:Recent work and its implications; Chapter 16 Graig Lwyd (Group VII) assemblages fromParc Bryn Cegin, Llandygai, Gwynedd, Wales- analysis andinterpretation.

Chapter 17 Neolithic polished stone axes and haftingsystems: Technical use and social functionat the Neolithic lakeside settlements ofChalain and ClairvauxChapter 18 A potential axe factory near Hyss…