Stone Age Prehistory

Studies in Memory of Charles McBurney

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The studies in this wide-ranging volume focus on the analysis of stone artefacts and industries and on the ways these can be used to throw light on human behaviour from the earliest times. They have a broad chronological and geographical spread and pay particular attention to the information that may be sought at different levels of investigation, from the detailed examination of individual objects to regional or even continental perspectives. Papers on two parallel lines of enquiry - prehistoric art and the physical development of the early hominids in Africa - demonstrate the wider relevance of many of the theoretical issues raised in the course of enquiries into lithic technology. The volume has been produced in memory of Charles McBurney, formerly Professor of Quaternary Prehistory in the University of Cambridge and its authorship is drawn largely from his former pupils. As such, the book reflects both the powerful influence of his teaching and a diversity of approach arising from the experiences of prehistorians working in different parts of the world.

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Foreword
Introduction
Charles Brian Montagu McBurney (1914-1979): an appreciation
Components of Artefact Variation
Analysis by replication of two Acheulian artefact assemblages from Caddington, England
Stone tools: small-scale variability
The archaeological approach to prehistoric pictures in Australia
The Geographical Dimension
Mesolithic exploitation of sandy areas: towards the testing of some hypotheses
Artefacts, language and social interaction: a case study from south-eastern Australia
The geographical study of late Palaeolithic stages in eastern Spain
Inter-assemblage Variation: Broadening the View
Recent findings from La Micoque and other sites in south-western and Mediterranean France
Middle Stone Age and Middle Palaeolithic: the evidence from Nigeria
The place of the Haua Fteah in the late Palaeolithic of North Africa
Stone-tool assemblages, raw material distributions and prehistoric subsistence activities: the Late Stone Age of South Africa
Early Man in Africa: Alternative Perspectives
Diversity, evolution and adaptation in early hominids
Foundation stones: early artefacts as indicators of activities and abilities
Culture and conceptualisation: the Oldowan-Acheulian gradient
Index
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