Flexible stones : ground stone tools from Franchthi Cave
Anna Stroulia · 2010
Acknowledgments Chapter One Introduction Introduction to the site and assemblage Classification Describing the material Why not a ground stone tool stratigraphy? Tool names Structure of the study Abbreviations used in the text Chapter Two The Pre-Neolithic Material Introduction The Palaeolithic period The Mesolithic period Lower Mesolithic Upper Mesolithic Final Mesolithic Possible Pre-Neolithic specimens Chapter Three The Neolithic Material (1) Introduction to the Neolithic period Passive tools Introduction 1. Passive open tools (Popen) Introduction Raw material Aspects of manufacture Technomorphological characteristics Aspects of use Discussion 2. Passive tools with cavity (Pcav) 3. Passive miscellanea (Pmisc) Chapter Four The Neolithic Material (2) Active tools Introduction 1. Active cutting edge tools (Acut) Introduction Raw material Aspects of manufacture Technomorphological characteristics Aspects of use Epilogue 2. Active discoidal tools (Adisc) Introduction Raw material and manufacture Technomorphological characteristics Aspects of use 3. Active rectangular tools (Arect) Introduction Raw material and manufacture Technomorphological characteristics Aspects of use 4. Active square or circular tools (Asquare-circ) Introduction Raw material and manufacture Technomorphological characteristics Aspects of use 5. Active tools used with ends (Aend) Introduction Raw material and manufacture Technomorphological characteristics Aspects of use 6. Active globular tools (Aglobe) 6.1 Active globular tools with stains (Aglobe-stain) Introduction Raw material and manufacture Technomorphological characteristics Aspects of use 6.2 Active globular tools without stains (Aglobe-nostain) Introduction Raw material and manufacture Technomorphological characteristics Aspects of use 7. Active miscellanea (Amisc) Introduction 7.1 Active miscellanea 1 (Amisc-1) 7.2 Active miscellanea 2 (Amisc-2) Epilogue Chapter Five Summary and Conclusions Raw material Manufacture Use and discard Chronological distribution Spatial Distribution References Appendixes Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Figures Index Plates (CD-ROM)