chapter 1 Preface chapter 2 Lithic Analysis in the Metal Ages: A Preview chapter 3 Analytic Approaches chapter 4 A Typology of Stone Tools chapter 5 The Organization of Production and Distribution chapter 6 Function chapter 7 Style chapter 8 The End of the Stone Age chapter 9 References chapter 10 Index
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
This volume is an extremely valuable reference and research tool,
with much detail and good bibliography. It is also a series of
essays on rather more specific subjects. There is no doubt that it
fills an important gap in scholarship, and it will be widely used
by those concerned with Levantine lithic studies.
*American Journal of Archaeology*
The work covers one of the least documented aspects of Near Eastern
lithic studies, stone tools made and used in the protohistoric and
early historic periods....A large proportion of the work is given
over to a typology that is clearly and logically presented, with
good illustrations of each major type. This is a valuable reference
work, which will do much to provide consistency in future analyses
of lithic assemblages from these periods....The second part of the
volume comprises essays on production and distribution, function,
and style....An extremely valuable reference and research tool,
with much detail and a good bibliography.
*American Journal of Archaeology*
An invaluable tool for archaeologists and analysts alike attempting
to understand life in the protohistoric and historic periods in the
Levant.
*Antiquity*
Levantine specialists studying the Metal Age will find this book
very useful. The last four chapters also are applicable to a
general audience interested in culture change. Metal Age lithic
data provide an interesting study of how one culture complex
interacts with and reacts to the introduction of a competitive
system. The book sets a baseline that should encourage additional
studies of the largely ignored lithic remains from Levantine Metal
Age sites.
*American Antiquity*
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