The Lives of Stone Tools : Crafting the Status, Skill, and Identity of Flintknappers /

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"This book offers critical insights into lithic technology and cultural practices concerning stone tools"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weedman, Kathryn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tools > Social aspects.
Gamo (African people)
Ethnoarchaeology.
Ethnology.
Rock craft.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Ethnologie > Éthiopie.
Ethnoarcheologie > Éthiopie.
Roches > Travaux d'amateurs > Éthiopie.
Debitage (Prehistoire) > Aspect social > Éthiopie.
Gamo (Peuple d'Éthiopie)
Ethnology > Ethiopia.
Ethnoarchaeology > Ethiopia.
Rock craft > Ethiopia.
Flintknapping > Social aspects > Ethiopia.
Tools > Social aspects > Ethiopia.
Ethiopia.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. The history of craft-specialization and knapping without prestige in the Gamo highlands
  • Chapter 2. A Boreda ontology of technology
  • Chapter 3. Yella: the birth of knappable stone in a caste society
  • Chapter 4. Katsara and bulacha: learning to circumcise and engage stone tools
  • Chapter 5. Dume and sofe: rest and death in leatherworkers' households
  • Chapter 6. The lives of stone tools.

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