"The capacity to mount stone tools in or on a handle is considered an important innovation in past human behaviour. The insight to assemble two different materials (organic and inorganic) into a better functioning entity indicates the presence of the required mental capacity and technological expertise. Although the identification of stone tool use based on microscopic analysis was introduced in the 1960s, distinguishing between hand-held and hafted tool use has remained a more difficult issue. This volume introduces a methodology, based on a systematic, in-depth study of prehension and hafting traces on experimental stone artefacts, which allows their recognition in archaeological assemblages"--P. [4] of cover.
- ISBN10 9058678016
- ISBN13 9789058678010
- Publish Date 25 June 2010
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country BE
- Imprint Leuven University Press
- Pages 304
- Language English