Stone Age prehistory : studies in memory of Charles McBurney / edited by G.N. Bailey and P. Callow
1986, 1st edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #424926
ISBN: 0521257735
Physical description; xv,265p : ill, maps,1port ; 29cm. Notes; Includes bibliographies and index. Contents; 1 Charles Brian Montagu McBurney (1914-1979): an appreciation J. D. Clark and L. P. Wilkinson -- Part I Components of Artefact Variation -- 2 Analysis by replication of two Acheulian artefact assemblages from Caddington, England Bruce Bradley and C. Garth Sampson -- 3 Stone tools: small-scale variability J. Peter White and H. Dibble -- 4 The archaeological approach to prehistoric pictures in Australia John Clegg -- Part II The Geographical Dimension -- 5 Mesolithic exploitation of sandy areas: towards the testing of some hypotheses P. A. Mellars and M. Haynes -- 6 Artefacts, language and social interaction: a case study from south-eastern Australia Isabel McBryde -- 7 The geographical study of late Palaeolithic stages in eastern Spain Iain Davidson -- Part III Inter-assemblage Variation: Broadening the View -- 8 Recent findings from La Micoque and other sites in south-western and Mediterranean France Nicholas Rolland -- 9 Middle Stone Age and Middle Palaeolithic: the evidence from Nigeria and Cameroun P. Allsworth-Jones -- 10 The place of the Haua Fteah in the late Palaeolithic of North Africa Angela E. Close -- 11 Stone-tool assemblages, raw material distributions and prehistoric subsistence activities: the Late Stone Age of South Africa -- Part IV Early Man in Africa: Alternative Perspectives -- 12 Diversity, evolution and adaptation in early hominids Alan Bilsborough -- 13 Foundation stones: early artefacts as indicators of activities and abilities G. Ll. Issac -- 14 Culture and conceptualisation: the Oldowan-Acheulian gradient J. A. J. Gowlett.
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