Flint in Focus: Lithic Biographies in the Neolithic and Bronze Age
Book Details
Author(s)Annelou van Gijn
PublisherSidestone Press
ISBN / ASIN9088900337
ISBN-139789088900334
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank592,169
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Flint objects encapsulate biographies that reveal their roles in prehistoric life. Using raw material sourcing, technological analysis, experimental archaeology, microwear and residue studies, the author tells the story of flint from the Early Neolithic to its virtual demise in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, incorporating data from settlements, burials and hoards from the region of the present-day Netherlands. This richly illustrated book shows the way flint functioned in daily life, how simple domestic tools became ritualized, how flint was used to negotiate change and how the biography of flint objects was related to personhood.
