| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 194 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"This volume derives from a meeting ... held at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Symposium in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2006"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Summary |
Based on a meeting on prehistoric mines and quarries held at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Symposium in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2006, this title includes the papers that explore a range of issues relating to prehistoric extraction sites, including ethnography, geochemical signatures, excavation, and conservation. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-194). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Contents |
Prospection géoarchéologique et stratégies d'exploitation paléolithiques des silex bajociens du Haut-Quercy, France / Laurent Bruxelles [and others] -- Diffusion et exploitation d'un traceur lithologique au cours du Paléolithique supérieur dans le sud de la France : l'exemple du type Chalosse / Pierre Chalard [and others] -- Neolithic axe quarries and flint mines : towards an ethnography of prehistoric extraction / Peter Topping -- Systems of raw material procurement and supply in the Neolithic of northern Thrace during the seventh to fifth millennia BC / Ivan Gatsov -- Conservation of ancient stone quarry landscapes in Egypt / Per Storemyr [and others] -- Dorset palaeoeskimo quarrying techniques and the production of little pots at Fleur de Lys, Newfoundland / John C. Erwin -- Geochemical signature of Mistassini quartzite and Ramah chert artfacts and quarries, Québec/Labrador, Canada / David LeBlanc, Isabelle Duval and Jean-François -- Extraction, reduction, and production at the late Paleoindian chert quarry in eastern Québec / Adrian L. Burke -- Why did Palaeo-Indians select the Sheguiandah site? : An evaluation of quarrying and quartzite material selection based on petrographic analysis of core artefacts / Patrick J. Julig and Darrel Long -- Life and history of prehistoric quarry extraction tools excavated from the Skene Motion and Workshop, Hartford Basin, Champlain Valley, New York, USA / Philip C. LaPorta, Scott A. Minchak and Margaret Brewer-LaPorta -- Subsistence activities at quarries and quarry-related workshops : testing the Holmes and Bryan alternatives with blades from the Gault Site, Central Texas, USA / Scott A. Minchak -- Organisation of lithic procurement at Silver Mound, Wisconsin : source of Hixton silicified sandstone / Dillon Carr and Robert Boszhardt -- Close to home? : Pipestone Quarry utilisation in the mid-continental United States / Sarah U. Wisseman [and others] -- Pen Pits, New Grange and progress in the archaeology of extraction / David Field. |
| Language |
Text primarily in English, with two contributions in French. |
| Subject |
Mines and mineral resources, Prehistoric -- Congresses.
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Mines and mineral resources, Prehistoric. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Brewer-LaPorta, Margaret.
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Burke, Adrian L., 1965-
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Field, David, 1950-
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Society for American Archaeology. Annual Meeting (71st : 2006 : San Juan, P.R.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ancient mines and quarries. Oxford, U.K. ; Oakville, Conn. : Oxbow Books, ©2010 9781842174012 (DLC) 2010281453 (OCoLC)464588902 |
| ISBN |
9781842178782 (electronic book) |
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1842178784 (electronic book) |
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9781842174012 |
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1842174010 |
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